I drove slowly <br />extra carefully <br />wipers frantic <br />mind alert - <br />ninety minutes to curtain. <br /> <br />'Sorry love, <br />the theatre's flooded. <br />You'll have to cancel.' <br /> <br />Soon - <br />the cars arrived <br />and the children <br />with crimped hair <br />and lipstick <br />excited <br />chattering. <br /> <br />Little ones <br />laughing <br />larked around naked <br />on the oval. <br /> <br />Such an adventure... <br /> <br />Later <br />we found <br />two starlings <br />with bright yellow beaks <br />and pale blue bodies <br />drowned <br />on the concrete.<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flash-flood/
