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1:45a.m., June 27, 1995
©1995 by Lynn D. Troldahl Hershberger

Now the roof leaks.

The soil was dry and parched,
the farmers prayed for rain.
I did not.

There is no such thing as enough summer.
There is no such thing as too much sun.
There is nothing like too hot!

Yet the rain came anyway --
it didn't ask me!
Sheets of transparent wetness washed across the city.
The lawns promised another green day.
The patter of raindrops lulled us to sleep.

And I awoke to drip, drip, drip.
My sunny heaven was instantly replaced by reality.
A leaky roof knows not the time of day or night.
A mattress can become a sponge!

Furniture gets moved quickly with tired muscles.
Budgets change by moonlight.

And the gentle patter of the roof is joined
by the second rhythim of drip, drip, drip; splash, splash.

Nature disregards sleep.
Rain ignores the budget.
The flowers bloom, the grass grows, and I fret.

Yet no crisis ever has held me back.
No roof can get the best of me.
Soon I will slumber in peace once more.

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