<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390677" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Residue</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rain in the gutter, <br>muttering as it gushes down <br>through the drain cover.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Water in volume, rushing along, <br>so strong and powerful, <br>buffeting the kerb stones and mortar<br>at the pavements edge, <br>wedging the silt up into a pile, <br>and all the while, <br>building it higher and higher.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the streams subside, <br>the residue is left to be dried, <br>by the sun, <br>and the wind whisks it up in swirls, <br>and it is deposited further down the street, <br>to meet up with other surplus dust.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A never ending circle of events, <br>happening in this gutter, <br>even a strutter such as a pigeon<br>taking his morning bath, <br>knows the culvert well.<br>Wearing his feathered mackintosh, <br>preening his plumage, cleaning his quills, <br>he displays no frills.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rain in the gutter, <br>is muttering, and the pigeon is fluttering, <br>perched on the drain cover.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ernestine+Northover">Ernestine Northover</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390677" data-title="The Residue de Ernestine Northover" data-description="Rain in the gutter, muttering as it gushes down through the drain cover. Water in volume, rushing along, so strong and powerful, buffeting the kerb stones and mortar at the pavements edge, wedging the silt up into a pile, and all the while,..."></div> </div> </div>

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