HIT'S been drizzlin' an' been sprinklin', <br />Kin' o' techy all day long. <br />I ain't wet enough fu' toddy, <br />I's too damp to raise a song, <br />An' de case have set me t'inkin', <br />Dat dey's folk des lak de rain, <br />Dat goes drizzlin' w'en dey's talkin', <br />An' won't speak out flat an' plain. <br />Ain't you nevah set an' listened <br />At a body 'splain his min'? <br />W'en de t'oughts dey keep on drappin' <br />Was n't big enough to fin'? <br />Dem's whut I call drizzlin' people, <br />Othahs call 'em mealy mouf, <br />But de fust name hits me bettah, <br />Case dey nevah tech a drouf. <br />Dey kin talk from hyeah to yandah, <br />An' f'om yandah hyeah ergain, <br />An' dey don' mek no mo' 'pression, <br />Den dis powd'ry kin' o' rain. <br />En yo' min' is dry ez cindahs, <br />Er a piece o' kindlin' wood, <br />'T ain't no use a-talkin' to'em, <br />Fu' dey drizzle ain't no good. <br />Gimme folks dat speak out nachul, <br />Whut'll say des whut dey mean, <br />Whut don't set dey wo'ds so skimpy <br />Dat you got to guess between. <br />I want talk des' lak de showahs <br />Whut kin wash de dust erway, <br />Not dat sprinklin' convusation, <br />Dat des drizzle all de day.<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/drizzle-4/
