I hate this weather— <br /> it makes me feel really depressed— <br /> have I got seasonal affective disorder? — <br /> I don’t think so— <br /> why can’t it rain upwards from the ground? <br /> It’s not the rain I mind— <br /> It’s the clouds, <br /> the clouds, <br /> the damned clouds! <br /> stratocumulus <br /> nice fluffy white clouds <br /> why can’t they be a different colour <br /> like yellow or something <br /> it would be much more interesting <br /> yellow would denote acid rain <br /> white clouds good yellow clouds bad <br /> sheep are white aren’t they <br /> baa baa black sheep <br /> that’s a type of beer <br /> I don’t like beer <br /> I prefer wine <br /> E flat major tastes of white wine <br /> yes it does <br /> carried nobody at all contradicente <br />whydoesjamesjoycestringwordstogetherwithouthyphens <br /> originally there was no punctuation <br /> its a mediaeval invention <br /> like spectacles <br /> my eyes are dim I cannot see <br />I come so that those who are blind may see and those who see may be made blind <br /> let there be light <br /> redorangeyellowgreenblueindigoviolet <br /> its a continuum <br /> <br />(Monday,31st October,2005.)<br /><br />David Mitchell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-hate-this-weather/