TROUT   [4] 

Robert James Berry: [1, 2,  3, 4, 5]
 
The Rains
 
  Fictional rain fizzes fumes 
On my figment of road 
Soaks my make-believe back 
Wears the illusion of water underfoot 
To a spate of sand 

All the proverbial rats are drowning 
Gods bawl blue fury in the above 
Fork out a judgment of light 

Till only these real ankles 
And this soggy sheet 
Sport an emperor's clothes of ink 
and mud 
  

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