كان ليلاً، وكان المطر يهطل، وحين هطل كان مطراً، لكنه بعد أن هطل صار دماً.

“It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood.”Edgar Allan Poe — The Tell-Tale Heart: And Other Stories - Purloined Letter, Descent into the Maelström, Von Kempelen and His Discovery, Mesmeric Revelation, Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, Black Cat, Fall of the House of Usher, Masque of the Red Death and Many More (2013)