Monday, September 14, 2015

Bad Weather For Ducks

We all woke up
     Today hearing a sound 
Miraculous
And
Wonderful 

Rain
Actual rain

Water !

Falling from 
     The sky !

How it got up there-
     In order 
     To fall-
I'm not so 
     Clear on-
Condensation 
     "They" say 
. . . Ok

But the problem is 
     It quit
After I went out to see it 
And everything

Just a little bit -
Just a tease -
As our lawns are dying and 
Our reservoirs are drying 

We need it to rain solid 
For a week 
Like it 
Used to do 

I can remember when
Lakewood would 
Flood
- Most likely that is why "they"
Called it 
That

Adobe soil
Would create seasonal lakes -
That the ducks 
Would 
Sit 
Upon

There was enough open land 
Then -
Not so 
Anymore 

Where ?
Are the ducks 
Going to 
Sit -
To repose -
On their way north 
Or -
South 
Or - wherever 
They go