Saturday

This ground squirrel

Wants my sandwich

     Very bad -

I've got my chair 

     And fresh air 

A view of ocean waves and 

     Surfers too 

Rain !

Is that a drop of 

Rain 

In the midst of the drought -

THEY 

Want to build more 

Houses here

THEY are from 

LA !

How will more building

Help

With the drought? 

THEY are not being 

Helpful 

As usual . . .

So now we have some remnants

Of a hurricane from "south"

I see lightening strike 

Out 

Over the ocean

It comes straight down

In a jagged way

Wouldn't want to be 

Out on a boat 

With a metal mast 

Today 

I hear thunder as 

I get home 

The Gods are playing 

Nine pins 

     They say 

The neighbors and their 

Partying don't seem to be 

     Dampened

But all their motorcycles 

Parked in the street 

Will be wet -

Some small compensation 

For the noise 

Which will probably

Continue into 

The night 

Tonight

I'm sure the 

Ground squirrel

Is safe 

Underground 

Around the boulders hauled 

From somewhere 

To hold back 

The sea 

And to provide 

A cozy place 

For my chair 

     And me.