Sun Shower.

It started raining this afternoon

while the sun was shining.

I ran outside

in the hopes of seeing a rainbow.

The pavement under my bare feet

was damp,

but still hot

from the long day.

And of course,

all I could think about

as I vainly searched the grey clouds

for some sign of a rainbow

was all the names for sun showers

that you learn in dialect quizzes

like

the devil is beating his wife

and

pineapple rain

and

the monkey's wedding

and

the wolf is giving birth.

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