Rain in April
◊ The wind chimes hanging near the patio are shaking and dancing and ringing in the stiff breeze, making a sound that carries all the way to the street. The slow stirring of the metal bells is a summer sound, like the tapping feet and beaks of the birds on the roof in the morning, but today the wind has been picking up anything it can get its hands on and shaking it like a dog shakes a rat. Now it�s dark and late and cold, and the chimes are working double time, fighting to be heard above the rain...
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