It was raining <br />in the kitchen. <br /> <br />“Splish...splash! ” <br />said my footsteps <br /> <br />enjoying themselves <br />like never before. <br /> <br />It was like <br />a swamp. <br /> <br />The butter was swimming <br />in its blue bowl. <br /> <br />The sugar <br />had dissolved in its. <br /> <br />The bread was <br />sodden <br /> <br />and was busy losing <br />a lot of its breadiness. <br /> <br />Little pieces <br />of shit <br /> <br />lazily floated from <br />the cat’s litter. <br /> <br />The sink <br />had half a sink of rain <br /> <br />in it <br />as well as last night’s dirty dishes. <br /> <br />The kettle with the lid left off <br />had filled itself twice. <br /> <br />It had never rained <br />in the kitchen <br /> <br />...before. <br /> <br />The book left open on page 69 <br />was dying. <br /> <br />The mobile phone <br />looked like it wasn’t <br /> <br />having an exactly <br />good time. <br /> <br />The stone <br />that some kids had thrown <br /> <br />sat on the table <br />like a king on its throne. <br /> <br />The broken skylight <br />gathered around it <br /> <br />listening like flunkeys <br />to everything <br /> <br />the stone <br />had said. <br /> <br />The birthday cake <br />lay dead. <br /> <br />The ink <br />on the letter <br /> <br />wept <br />copiously <br /> <br />ran <br />away crying. <br /> <br />Respondez s’il vous plait. <br /> <br />It was raining in the kitchen. <br /> <br />“Damn! ” <br />we both said <br /> <br />in unison <br />“Damn! ”<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/so-much-for-the-weather-forecast/
