Wet weekend

The clouds broke open

and poured over the wet land

past saturation

Raindrops kept falling

with an attitude as if

they'd never stop

Evacuations,

soldiers building sandbag walls

pumps against the odds

"Stay home" was advised

but traffic was quite heavy

we saw while driving

Ducks floated gently

on newly formed pools and lakes

alongside our roads

Fortunately

we escaped traffic chaos

and flooded asphalt

We visited friends

and babies and relatives:

no rain has stopp'd us

Now we are mopping

water on the basement floor

to keep our feet dry

.... while defrosting the freezer