Inbetween-Rain
The clouds refuse to play their part,
The air is wet but isn’t draining –
Lazy rain that will not start,
A rainy day without the raining.
The mercury, though getting low,
Has further yet to drop,
And windscreen wipers do not know
If they should go or stop.
Our coats are misted, but are dry,
The downpour still delays its visit.
Palms are upturned to the sky –
It’s not yet worth a brolly, is it ?
The moisture cannot tap its power,
But glowers ‘coming soon’ –
We’re thirty seconds from a shower
All the afternoon.
Rhyming Couplets 