caught by surprise

rain was predicted
talk of rain
but talk's cheap
sometime's wrong

and the
threatening black clouds
are more
like the lion
in "The Wizzard of Oz"

in Jerusalem
the sky was getting
blue and clear

figured the prdictions
were hot air
warming us
in the Holy City

on the way
to babysit
tired, hegzamti
did too much
pool, walking
and walking

rested in the car
noticed
black, like
smoke from a fire
to the north of us

dozed
then suddenly
woke to the
swish of windshield wipers

caught by surprise
real rain

Baruch Hashem