After the Flood

Stray cats slipped under a waterlogged night only to drift back bedraggled, as if today still pulled at their tails Old Charley Winslow died before the deluge, before the river threw itself over the dike. Laid out for burial he was seen to float out of a lower window. Lots are gone, welcome mats and watering cans, sheds and shingles, plastic peddle carts, potted plants, stretchy pants, and porta-potties. Many never made it back, though some may turn up tomorrow to be salvaged and put away for a rainy day.