Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Summer Rain


inside our shelters we sit, out of the sun

but roasting all the same...  stripped down

to our bathing suits...  sitting behind our

portable fans that spritz water on our

faces to cool us down...  when out of

nowhere comes a dark cloud or two that

has, in the past, blown on by...  but today

it lingers and dautles around until there

are quite a few of these dark clouds above

our fashionable heads...  we stare up at

them daring them to come closer...  teasing

them with our sweaty bodies, hoping for

a quick drop or two...  and, when we think

we have lost our last strand of patience...

a thunder clap is heard just over the horizon

and then another...  and, another... and 

strikes of lightning hit the ground all

around our structure and we wonder if this

next one will hit us squarely...  but before

we get a chance to ponder that thought

too long...  the heavens breaks loose with

an enormous plunge of water that instantly

makes puddles and cools our environment

by ten degrees or more, making chilly, cold

and shivering as the wind dries our sweat...

we huddle together for warmth but that is

good only for those on the inside as the

outer ring still shivers...  and, the downpour

of water shifts from a deluge to a trickle...

wondering if we should stay or go, we sit

down on the ground and open another beer.


10 August 2022

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