Corridor [edit]

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Corridor

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Morning, riding,
sun behind my back:
up loomed a water hazard
pop-up sprinklers either side
drenching grass and path.
 
Were they regulated
wetting only shoes and legs?
No – chilling water-mist
blew cheerless in-between, face-high.
Joylessly I pressed ahead
 
and found each fan of droplets reached
became a glory – halls of rainbow veil
regaled the eye, each lovely as the next
all unexpected, corridor of color
bracing blaze of clear, emprismed light.


original version;
 
One morning, sidewalk-biking up a hill
sun at my five o’clock, there rose
some distance on, a water-hazard:
pop-up sprinklers on each side
dousing grass and walk.
 
Yet closer-to, it seemed these drenching sprays
were regulated so one could pass through
with only wetted feet.  So I advanced
 
only to find false seeming: in between
these heavy sprays a droplet mist reposed
into which I fared
 
and found each fan of droplets reached
became a glory - rainbows right and left
rejoiced the eye, each lovely as the next
all unexpected, corridor of color
bracing blaze of clear, emprismed light.
 
(If you miss the moral of this tale
your thinking may just need a wash
sun at your five o’clock
in halls of rainbow veil.)