Greetings and salutations, world!
The clouds hang low today. The raindrops fall, gently and sweetly, as if they have been doing this for a long long time, and intend to continue indefinitely. O water, how we do love you! Pitter-pat, pitter-pat, the raindrops fall.
Sure do appreciate all the water you rustled up for us, world, though from what I hear most of it may be from comets. Solar-system-sized raindrops. Maybe more like hail, I guess. Kablooey!
…a sign, that’s it.
I think what I need from you, my earth O my earth, is a sign, a signal that you are receiving my messages. I’m used to being ignored, but not at such a global level. Don’t get me wrong, I love writing to you, but it would be nice if I got at least a postcard back.
Yeah, I realize you gave me everything already, not only the clothes on my back but the back itself. And I appreciate all the minerals and nutrients you are consistently cycling through me, thanks to the mouth you attached (circuitously, I admit). But that’s different, I mean it’s nice and all, but what does it mean? I am sadly unversed in earthese, and do not know what to make of this.
As far as signs go, don’t need anything major, like an earthquake or the heavens opening up or anything. How about if the next bird I see, if it’s flying left that means you’re glad to meet me and are enjoying our conversation, but if it’s flying right, that means you are tiring of my twittering peeps and might not mind a break? And if the bird squirts on me, that means shut up.
Okay. That works for me.
Your well-moistened,
LWIII
Great post, Tom. You’re my last visit tonight, before I go to sleep. I’m glad I came, would have hated to have missed this tonight!
Being ignored on a global level made me laugh out loud. Boy,that’s pretty huge, isn’t it? That even beats my father’s cold war tactic of withdrawing attention when I did something wrong. You must have done something pretty major, Tom, for deserving global ignorance!
Seen any birds yet?
Love you.
Gabriele
No luck on the birds, Gabriele, though I haven’t remembered to look yet, at least anywhere but out the window. No sign yet!
xoxo!