The Afternoon

They pressed together
mouth to cheek

under the slow rain
as the mud deepened

and the frame of their
shelter melted away.

They stood under
spots of roofing

when the wind
brushed cold water

droplets from their
pink faces.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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