Stop the Rain
The deluge sprawls across my neighbor’s roof and conspires with gutter currents before careening through the trough hole and hurling itself over my wall. Concrete crevices channel the snaking streams into a monstrous lagoon. Watery vipers slither beneath my garage door and soak boxes of periodically-used possessions. The moat beneath my automobile baits my shoes to swim. I wade to my car door. Frustration from soaked soles burns my last straw in a flame of fury. It’s not my c