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The weatherman was wrong.

My back yard is now a raging river.

I’m no expert

 but as we speak

 a traveling mass of dead leaves and dirt

 has clogged the storm drain

 and is forming a brown island

 reaching towards a gray sky

 obscuring mountainous peaks.

 The weatherman didn’t know

that it would pour

 only that there was a

 chance of showers.

Swirling streams now converge

 on yesterday’s cracked soil

 flooding crevices

 And a thick green carpet

 threatens to overtake

 and cover the curb.

 So be sure to carry an umbrella

 and apply your sunscreen

 Because being mere lay people

 of average intelligence

 who live in screened houses

 with glass windows

 we can’t even hope

to predict the weather.