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at six,
i took to saving the
pretty pink worms,
cold & drowning
on wet sidewalks and
flooded streets

at nine,
i couldn’t escape the rain
as it poured around me,
blurring my dirty glasses
and prickling my skin
with goosebumps

at thirteen,
i sat in that
worm-killing rain &
wished it would kill me too

today,
as the rain was dripping
down my face,
you held an umbrella over me

i won’t sit in the rain
anymore

Description
at six,
i took to saving the
pretty pink worms,
cold & drowning
on wet sidewalks and
flooded streets

at nine,
i couldn’t escape the rain
as it poured around me,
blurring my dirty glasses
and prickling my skin
with goosebumps

at thirteen,
i sat in that
worm-killing rain &
wished it would kill me too

today,
as the rain was dripping
down my face,
you held an umbrella over me

i won’t sit in the rain
anymore