It rained
for 40 days
and 40 nights,
and on the 39th day
I had gone out
and bought an umbrella.
.
40 days and 40 nights
it had rained,
and still there was
a hosepipe ban.
.
“40 days and 40 nights?
Why couldn’t it have just rained
in the night time?”
said the dog,
of the curious incident fame.
.
“40 days and 40 nights?
“In a row?” queried an itinerant crow.
.
And the deserted village
disappeared into the reservoir for a second time.
Graeme Sandford 