APRIL RAIN SONG

Let the rain kiss you

Let the rain beat upon your head with

silver liquid drops

Let the rain sing you a lullaby

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk

The rain makes running pools in the gutter

The rain plays a little sleep song on our

roof at night

And I love the rain

Langston Hughes

for Miss Gray and her students at PS 154x in the South Bronx

poetry is not a luxury