Ballerina in the rain. Stockbridge, Mass. Paul Goldfinger ©
“Never Mind the Rain” by George Held
Never mind the rain, she said,
from her side of the bed.
She was a sleepy head,
but I felt heavy dread
about where we would head
after this encounter ended,
and the Tarot girl had said,
I would then be dead.
Bernadette Peters from Dames at Sea–live: