SORRY EXCUSE

      SORRY EXCUSE                  TIM WILLIAMS           AUGUST 2015

RAIN PEPPERS THE BACKYARD PUDDLES
LIKE MACHINE GUN FIRE,
CAUSING RIPPLE AFTER RIPPLE,
RIVULETS RUN RELENTLESSLY
DOWN THE DRIVE,
VIEWED FROM ABOVE THEY RESEMBLE
A MAP OF RIVERS HEADING FOR A DISTANT SEA,
THE RAINWATER RUNS OFF THE SHED ROOF
MAKING A JOHN BONHAM CONTINUOUS RHYTHM
ON THE DISCARDED FRIDGE FREEZER
WHICH WAITS IN SILENCE FOR IT'S REMOVAL
AND RECYCLED END,
THIS BY MONTH AND NAME ONLY
IS A SORRY EXCUSE FOR A WELSH SUMMER,
I HEAR THE HEATING BILL LAUGH IN THE DISTANCE