somewhere the Perseids are falling

but in the stillness after the rain ends

toward us already at a speed that would
toward us already at a speed that would
burn us alive if we could believe it
burn us alive if we could believe it
but in the stillness after the rain ends
but in the stillness after the rain ends
nothing is to be heard but the drops falling —W. S. Merwin
nothing is to be heard but the drops falling
—W. S. Merwin

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