Why is it

that every morning when the radio comes on

it’s the weather?

And why does

the forecast always predict cloudy skies

with a chance of rain?

Why can’t I

just tune in when a catchy song comes on

Lady Gaga perhaps?

There’s nothing

more depressing than the weatherman

saying cloudy

Why can’t they

say cloudy with a chance of sun

instead of rain?

Why are clouds

enough to trigger a bleak outlook

for the rest of the day?

Or maybe

it isn’t the clouds, but simply my head

that is cloudy.

It could be

that I can’t take any more hovering balls

of rain today.

Going home

I put the radio on and again, here it goes

‘Cloudy with a chance of rain’