The rain says what words cannot
The rain tap dances to the ground
Shuffling and sliding down roofs
Off beat and syncopated the
Drops create the day’s theme music.
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A cloud based choreography
The rain tap dances to the ground
The rhythm of sound and silence
Beating into paths and puddles.
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Fluid hypnotic drops amble
Complex, complicated lightly
The rain tap dances to the ground
Both corrosive and restoring.
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Intricate, delicate tempo
Off-beat, in-time, gentle shuffle
Music is what the eye hears as
The rain tap dances to the ground.
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( a quatern poem)
Credit to “What the eye hears – a history of tap dancing” book by Brian Siebert
And to Martha Graham who said “the body says what words cannot”
A Picture and a Poem 