7/23/11

Scared Of Gettin' Wet

been a drought on for weeks and weeks
grass is brown, lakes are dwindling
suddenly, a steady rainstorm
the rain dances worked!
dust on the wipers made mud on the front glass
in the parking lot they ran for cover
like each raindrop was a stray bullet
people scared of gettin' wet

New America '76: 13. Our Very Own Hemisphere

  In another time and place, everything is three decades older than it is now.  There is no war.  This is after the revelation of false hist...