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The Wet Giro Grinds On

The Wet Giro Grinds On

Week Two Poem Recap

Dane Hamann
May 22, 2023
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Dane Hamann
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence but by oft falling.
– Lucretius

The only safe place
is in bed. Coffee, tea,

something warm in a cup.
But that’s not the job.

Pain. Cold. Biting
at wet gloves, stripping

soaked jackets, blowing
grimy road spray from

numb nostrils and lips.
Slick streets. Shattered

bikes. Sicknes…

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