ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES

By the Urban Poet

Are lives influenced by the weather?

Mood, behaviour, pursuits of pleasure

Motivated by sun, rain and cloud

All factors as we examine together:

The incessant obsession with forecasts

Meteorology, the stars, or aliens from Mars

It's as if people won't step outside

Or they hide until convinced they won't die

In a storm or accident in their cars

Before deciding on the day ahead

Another look at the weather app instead

In case of a drastic change of plan

Recommended by the weather man

Don't go out unless absolutely needed

Stay under the duvet, you've conceded! 

The end of the world is almost nigh

Face facts and don't look up to the sky

Does being under the weather

    Take on a whole new meaning?

         Is a new day dawning?

             Has a new era begun?

No!  Because 'there is nothing new

under the sun'

From ‘Poetry Gold’ by ‘Rick’ Varden