Raining tigers and their cages, raining candy, raining clown
Raining tickets for the circus, raining joy that could abound
Raining rooks and raining chess boards, raining blocks and raining books
Raining India, and Yoga, raining fish and raining hooks
Raining horses never ridden, raining clouds that just gave up
Raining stars once shy and winsome, raining rivers gone a muck
Raining thoughts of bleary bishops, raining red shoes for the poor
Raining buildings none too balanced, raining all of that and more
Raining movies, raining moguls, raining me and raining you
Raining Bogart, raining Bergman, raining Catholic, raining Jew
Raining Muslim, raining pilgrim, raining Isreal and Pope
Raining walls that weep and planes too weak and reindeer without hope
Raining Christmas, raining Birthdays, raining door mats, raining tears
Raining parents from beyond their graves and children left with fears
Raining loneliness and Jesus, raining poverty and sin
Raining roses straight from Mary, raining barflies, raining gin
Raining yesterdays and captains, raining ships and raining oars
Raining pirates, raining sorrow, raining sand and raining sm’ores
Raining comfort, raining pepper, raining salt and forks and spoons
Raining Panama and Cuba, raining zebras and baboons
Raining pencils, raining paper, raining all first days of school
Raining homework, raining teachers, raining principals and rules
Raining freckles, raining comics, raining silk and raining lace
Raining crickets, raining strollers, raining the whole human race…
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