They’ve been talkin’ rain for days,
singin’ happy tunes like puppets
jerkin’ and jiggin’ on TV
to amuse children after school—
the same promise,
before and after work,
of dessert if you’re patient.
Like dancin’ fools from the shadows
some even proclaim El Niño.
But nowadays,
with the price of hay,
you look a gift horse in the mouth.
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