RAIN AROUND HERE

RAIN AROUND HERE

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Raining, not a danger of flood,

Up hill it’s mostly mud…

Farther down,

lawns may drown

But brown water whitecaps are good!

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We worry for the septic tank,

For saturated soil smells rank…

Uphill or not

Odors brought

To the surface stank when soil’s dank.

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Digging basins won’t help us now,

But ridding all the water somehow…

Being down seven inches

Are we being rain “Grinches?”

And for nothing having a cow?

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Farther out south and west,

Nothing has the chance to be guessed…

Too much water have they

And we all pray

that those areas get a rest.

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And what of the mighty Blackstone,

River levels threaten anyone’s home…?

Probably nay,

Nor be washed away,

Although downstream might see a little come.

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–Jonathan Caswell