The Dark Day + 

A three-day-long rain from the east⁠— + 

an interminable talking, talking + 

of no consequence⁠—patter, patter, patter. + 

Hand in hand little winds + 

blow the thin streams aslant. + 

Warm. Distance cut off. Seclusion. + 

A few passers-by, drawn in upon themselves, + 

hurry from one place to another. + 

Winds of the white poppy! there is no escape!⁠— + 

An interminable talking, talking, + 

talking⁠ ⁠… it has happened before. + 

Backward, backward, backward. + 