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What it looks like
after the rain.

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"A strip of single raindrops
drooping from the leafless limb

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of the small front yard tree.

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The weight of silence, silvery
beads suspended until what?

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Wind, sun, something shakes.

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A flurry of greedy
beaks at the feeder

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two unruly ferns and the always
empty guestroom shedding.

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A gray light that must be
the original gray light where

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all gray began.

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A stack of letters, his
handwriting steady and clear.

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Cleaner than when he was here.

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Sterile empty plates, unused
mugs, a clock that she hates.

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The cheap face of it, the
plastic hand still moving,

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he never wanted a feeder.

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"You're just going to
feed the rats," he said.

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And every two weeks she goes
to the grocery store for seed.

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She imagines the
birds recognize her.

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She imagines they
call her the lady.

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She imagines she's
also feeding the rats."

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