Swimming in the Rainy Season

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Swimming in the Rainy Season

To the end of the pool and back again,
I love swimming in the rain.
The economy of it is such
that though you’re wet two times as much,
it’s clear as day to sage or dunce—
you only have to dry off once!

The first two lines of this poem came to me as I was trying to get in a hurried exercise session in the pool before dressing to drive into town to a poetry group I belong to.  It was, in fact, raining, but there was no thunder and lightning as there always is at night, so I had put a shower cap on over my hair and done a half-hour session.

When I got back into the house after my pool session, I realized that I had only ten minutes until I had to leave, so I hurriedly scribbled the two lines  down on a sheet of paper in the bathroom as I put on makeup and brushed my teeth. I finished it when I got back home a few hours later.

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17 thoughts on “Swimming in the Rainy Season”

    1. lifelessons Post author

      Actually, I do pool aerobics more than swim, but I do swim some..a great feeling at night, as well, which is when I usually swim because I don’t do well in the sun. And it is great to swim in hot water under the stars. My pool is fed by mineral hot springs.

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