Andrea McBride
Rain
A shiny drizzle begins.
We talk of going inside,
but in the end, we lift
our faces to the rain,
splay our fingers like petals.
‘Nothing but a cut finger’
is an ant’s grief.
Nothing that an ouch
and a thin strip
of band-aid
couldn't fix.
It’s different for us.
We curl into a ball
like the leggy knot
an ant pulls itself into
before it dies.
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