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Slipping on Raindrops
By Zinnia Schwartz
It was a funny, sunny afternoon when
Something hit my cheek
A cloud of a loud boom
Came from above
Then dark splattered all over the park
Like black paint hitting white paper
I ran as fast as I could,
slipping on raindrops