General Poetry posted September 1, 2015

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A chapter in the book Poems

Whenever my umbrella's left at home

by Bill Schott

Whenever my umbrella's left at home The rain will fall as if a flood is due And if I chance to bring it on the bus I'll leave it there just prior to deluge Though weathermen can tell us when it's wet And Auntie Aubrey's knee predicts the rain I find that if I plan for a monsoon The driest air will enter on the scene But I will never curse the water drops Though I may be a soggy citizen Nor wish the torrent cease so I may dry When nothing is more dense with dew than I For I've traversed the globe in desert heat With swollen tongue and less than thimble's drink So short of flood or jettison at sea I’ll not lament precipitation's fall