Sidney Beck Poet Couplet

The Threat

THE THREAT

One of those sultry days
Rumble in the far off haze,
Trouble in the sky
Mountainous clouds piled high - 
Lightning darts spike down
Here and there in the town.

Gonna rain without stopping 
My drying sheet'll be sopping.
Will I dash out and grab  it ?
Leap out like a  rabbit?
Pulse is racing across the yard
Yank the sheet down extra hard
Turn for home, sheet a-flapping
Like a clipper with braces snapping. 

In the door and  now the start
Of lightning bolts stopping heart.
Don't move an inch  
Maybe they won’t see me flinch.
Hide under stairs, fold the sheet,
Creep out when it’s all complete.
Kitchen coffee soothes my feathers,
Storm abates  - better weather.

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Andrea Dietrich July 23, 2014 at 6:53 PM It's so good to have you back because truly you are a poet I really love reading. This is a glorious work of beauty. I see you are using near rhymes. That is pretty cool too.

Andrea Dietrich July 23, 2014 at 6:51 PM gosh, I see you have been pretty busy writing since around april or may of this year. this was when you started posting again, so as I chat with you from time to time, I'll be going up the list starting with this one.