.chance.of.puddles.

umbrella in hand
crispy new rain jacket
(doubles as a windbreaker)
full fenders on
your bike - not
to be used, of course,
with the umbrella
concomitantly

and the rain never came
although the wind
wooshed on by
you, doubtless,
felt a little stupid in
your unweathered armour
your pale skin
aching for a little sun
but you let them
stare out from the corners
of their fashionably
racoon-painted eyes,
sloshing and splashing
through the criticism
with your galoshes

you are ready
to take on the world