Banks did not burst,
just a dribbling bladder of river
leaked into our back yards.
It drooled over damp roots,
seeped into groundhog holes,
into ditches, where winter debris
had already washed-up.
The water rose in some places,
to at least half an inch,
we made phone calls to each other,
imaginations spilling over,
into memories of past inundations.
Some put on rubber boots,
and armed with brooms,
swept the ripples away.
Biblical deluges were discussed,
will the garden ornaments rust?
We watched sparrows bathing.
No geese or ducks landed.
Nothing sailed off over the fields.
A sulky cat was retrieved,
from a shallow puddle.
The mail was cataclysmically late.
Banks did not burst,
just a full bladder of river leaking
into our back yards.
It drooled over
the low steps of high roots,
into groundhog holes,
into the ditches where winter debris
had already washed-up.
As the water inched
we made phone calls to each other,
imaginations spilling over
into memories of past inundations.
Some put on rubber boots
and armed with brooms
swept the ripples away.
Biblical deluges were discussed.
Will the garden ornaments rust?
We watched sparrows bathing.
No geese or ducks landed.
Nothing sailed off over the fields.
A damp sulky cat
was retrieved from a puddle.
The mail was cataclysmically late.
A waddling wafer in striped pyjamas
A feathered goblin often chews a tail from a sweet scented twig but a pixie can eat over two hundred caramelised pebbles in one single bite and swallow. Swallows passing in the colourful air are simply at ease with gyrocopters which are heavily dominant in a sky. But dominance is neither a dominoe eating a dark dart, a fog covering a dog, a wide angled view of a elephant and neither is it a carton of orange juice playing on a carpet with a semi baked piece of straw. A single crater of cartons can cataclysmically preform aerodynamics in a wind tunnel but not in a breeze block. Breeze blocks are central to a knock knock knock and a knock knock knock on a clock clock clock is best played on a banjo by a dock. Tick tock will be jealous so leave it at the house to tock away the minutes and hours with a tap tap tap. Tabletop horse today then? Wow. It is often amazing to watch the galloping ones as they glide over the serviettes', plates, cups and cutlery. With no bridle or bridleways' upon the furniture gleam. See no bearded spoon today then? No. Good. Z botanically Z at 29 pieces of dried banana in a bowl laughing at the 11 grapes in long gowns. X
We are not alone
comets and meteorites
unwelcomed guests
the eventual outcome
cataclysmically, quiet
The outlook after
our lands in sporadic grief
the sun, now shadows
devastation so abounds
our oasis, our Earth, gone
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