The rain to the wind said,
‘You push and I’ll pelt.’
They so smote the garden bed
That the flowers actually knelt,
And lay lodged—though not dead.
I know how the flowers felt.
Originally published in The Paper, November 1977.
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Original source: SD_Times1977_11.pdf, printed page(s) 6; PDF page(s) 6.