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Leathe Colvert, "A Rainy Day" (1924)
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A rainy day is an eerie day When elfins skip blithely o'er puddles and pools, But mere human folk plod sulkily Wishing for sunny days When the rust's off the tools.
Published in The Messenger, June 1924
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