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I saw a rainbow out today
God let a sunbeam out to play
in puddles on cloudtops to their dismay.

While thunder echoed through the eve
rain and gloom were forced to leave
the sunbeam danced in her reprieve.

Clothed in brilliant colored dress
sunbeam needed no more no less
than what she wore home I guess.
I saw a rainbow out today…

Oh little sparrow,
precious creation of God,
so beautiful and  small,
why did you flit into my path?

What were you looking for?
What were you after?
on that flight
that ended your life.

If only I’d known,
if only I’d seen,
I’d never have moved,
I’d never even started.

But fate called you and I
together on that eve,
me in my truck,
and you on the wing

and now that it’s over,
you lie crumpled and broken
and I am still here,
yet, I may have lost more.

At once they looked and gasp
at the cup, that was his last
on the floor now it rested
on concrete the glass was bested

you see cups aren’t cheap
at the shop down the street
where the men sit and complain
about their wives, and their pains

but now they number fewer
his mug is gone forever
and he along with his cup.

I saw a pretty crossing guard today
she was tucking her blonde hair
under her official crossing guard hat
as I sat waiting for the light to change

it was all so weird
because crossing guards are usually
old men
or grandmas
and certainly aren’t young and pretty
smiling as they fix their caps
while holding their STOP signs
under their arms

she turned to me and smiled
the sort of smile that shrinks
the entire world down to just
two people
igniting a fire of attraction
that consumes our present reality
loosing our minds on the possibilities

then the light changed
and I pulled away.