To The Man in Front of the Weather Map

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Hydrogenuine

Published: Oct 17, 2014

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When it rains
it pours

Yet you're still out there in the storm
pointing up at the sky
fist raised
taunting the gods;
that bright yellow umbrella
a big fuck-you
to any of them
who happen
to be looking
down

Nevermind that Thor is probably not too impressed with you at the moment
Nevermind that thunder never travels alone
Nevermind that umbrellas just may repel water
but also just might attract a wayward spark of electric jitter juice

Just
nevermind

Because
a 'sometimes-rage'
often becomes an 'all the time-rage'
when one has to deal with the fact
that you are
no more of a fortune-teller
than I am.

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again go never rain away come

Because when you think about it, we're all just listening to people who essentially get paid to lie about 50% of the time when it comes down to all that "percentage of precipitation" crap.

And obviously, my bitter stance on those with this occupation should tell you exactly how much of a drowned cat I looked like when I got home today.

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