"There will come soft rains," muses Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "Seems like some guy named Bradbury promised that in a story title.  Hey, I just checked it out, and he did, indeed. Maybe he was thinking of the illustrated man and suggesting that all those tattoos would not wash off, thanks to the soft rains." Post here. (Photo: Marianne Love)

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