This tome, while a found remembory of Christine and I watching a New England Hurricane, from the safety of our porch, is dedicated to the peoples of Bermuda whom are getting a real one this weekend.
PS; like you don't know, The 'Dark 'n Stormy' is a drink popular with Bermuda yachters in inclement weather.
The Dark ‘n Stormy (
to the Vanaria Family, to who we are $500 grateful)
Two thirds a can of ginger beer
two shots of back strap rum
By four o’clock I’ll have two more
by five o’clock I’m done
‘Yesterday this hurricane was a cat three storm.’
‘Hon, this is New England, it won’t even be a cat one by the time it gets here.’
‘But a cat three, a cat one, the storm… it’s a cat!’
Behind our house the neighbors yard
abuts ours ‘cross the way
They run a lawn and yard care co,
so they’re out at work today
‘When that cat creeps in, will it be on tiny fog-feet?’
‘That’s Sandburg!’
We shared a snack of Frito Scoops,
which we dipped in cottage cheese,
The latter which our cat Max licked,
just as casual as you please
‘Max get away from that.’
‘With the wind coming in off the ocean, that makes this
stawm a
Naw’ Eastah!’
‘Should we color
Naw-Eastah eggs?’
As we drank up on our safe porch chairs
then the wind began to roar,
And soon, a soft rain pelted down,
which grew to a downpour,
Which once then blew on Max our cat,
as he ran in through the door
‘If there’s thunder I’m going in. Lightening can still strike here, even under a porch roof.’
(She’s always scared of lightening)
I’m told that Barrits’ is the best,
but that is rare to find.
So Goslings’ more than adequate,
‘You want another round?’
‘Another Dark ‘n Stormy?’
‘Thee Dark n’ Stormy!’
A stiff almighty wind blew hard,
we heard a crackling sound,
Then boom and rush as it came down,
and quaked the sodden ground
‘Holy Crap did you see?
‘A tree just fell!’
And a shocked moment later,
‘Did it fall on our yard or on theirs?
‘From here, it looks like half and half, but I can’t tell in this storm.’
The rain let up, the wind died down,
our tempest tamed and calmed
Excepting gray clouds overhead,
‘The eye within the storm.’
‘Give me your phone, I’m going to take pictures of that tree, and then you can email it to the insurance.’
I’ll often choose the Kracken, spiced
But Black Seal does the job,
A Domain de Canton shot too is nice,
But right now I’m in the bag.
She got an email before bed,
‘They say that for a tree like that, they’ll pay one thousand bucks, but we have a deductible of the first five hundred bucks’
‘Five Hundred? Yeah, that’s good!’
Next morning we woke to the sound
of a chainsaw grawing wood,
‘Look, theirs the neighbors hired guy…’
‘He’s hauling off our tree!’
Ka-Ching!
‘Baby, when the check arrives, just put it in the bank.’
‘What?’
‘Shhh! Money!’
