Eating soup  
Carrot and Coriander  
in a downpour  
Hot soup 
cooling diluting  
Escaping from the  
flimsy plastic spoon  
in leaping globules  
vivid orange abstractions 
against my impractically white raincoat 
which ceased doing me much good 
sometime between  
you placing the order from the  
small Scottish snack hut  
and when the clouds  
let loose and the lady  
apologetically handed us our soups through the open window

There comes a point of freedom  
in a downpour  
when you are as wet as it is possible to be  
and there is nothing left to keep dry  

So you might as well enjoy your rain soup  
and catch it while you can  
Admire the wild notes of ozonated larch the rain imparts   
Appreciate the way  
water collects  
in your sleeves and  
pours off your hood  
down your collar  

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