The rain is your mother when she’s angry And when she sings your sleepless night to sleep The see-saw of the tin A deflection Against the hem of morning a familiar spill The mottled face against proud heat a hand cool-ly calming Her shadow for a while, while you sleep Keeps the rest at least a blanket thick, and almost noiseless day Until you’ve done with the mewled noise of your forgetting
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