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Raindrop Taylor Laubenstein Grade 7 Now this may be hard to believe

But raindrops have feelings too

All the time people look out their window

And sigh

At the sight of the little bundles of water

Coming down in buckets

The whines of the people

“The day is ruined”

“It’s too wet to go outside”

“I wish the sun would come out”

Raindrops never get credit

For whatever good they do

They water our grass

And make the flowers bloom

But there is never a single thank you

Now I cannot even imagine

How the raindrops feel

To live with their work

Unappreciated

So last night it started to pour

It was late

So I would have liked nothing more

Than to go to sleep all comfy in my bed

But instead I went outside

Soaking wet I looked up at the sky

Streams of water splattering down my face

And I yelled to the little raindrops

= “THANK YOU!” =

After I yelled I could have sworn

That one raindrop yelled back


 * “YOU’RE WELCOME!” **

With a splat

As he hit the ground

And that’s good enough for me



= = = Poetry prompts from Ahern Art Show 2012 =