A Few Wet Bars (to El Niño)

When showers pound and do not vacillate,
if invitational, there's friendly glee.
Resolve is different in liquid state.

Moods flow to peace or grow to rapid gait,
men rush or contemplate; cows find a tree
when showers pound and do not vacillate.

Plans made in dryness must or must not wait.
Tired windshield wipers blink, but cannot see
Resolve is different in liquid state.

Housepainters pace while farmers' fears abate.
Big rain comes tailored to one's frequency
when showers pound and do not vacillate.

Computer's down; deliveries are late
and it's not clear who won the lottery.
Resolve is different in liquid state.

Those not born ducks seek to procrastinate
all pleadings from responsibility
when showers pound and do not vacillate.
Resolve is different in liquid state.

---Mary Gribble, San Marino, CA