by Laura Montana

Created on: July 24, 2009   Last Updated: May 08, 2012

Dark clouds rolled in, piling higher as they advanced on a hard wind

covering the sun so completely as to cause the yard light to switch on.

Flashes of lightening showed water pooling in the low spots in the road

and running over the sides of the rain gutters.

Thunder drowned out their voices as they laughed and cheered

the pelting rain as it broke the long held grip of the drought.

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