A Rain Barrel Poem

I was amid a pile of laundry one day
when I heard this uttered from my husband Jay:

























"I'm going to buy some huge barrels today! 
From a nice guy selling his wares on ebay"

"I'll raise 'em & rig 'em in a very strange way
Attach a faucet, cut the downspout, use a bottle if I may."

My reply: "What they hey? What's all this for, please tell me, Jay."

"Why it's to capture all the rain that fell yesterday!

And use it in our garden for free, I say!"

Then Bug and I planted spinach and flowers so gay

And watered them with rain that fell just the other day,

from stormy skies so cloudy and gray.

(Now before you snow dwellers comment in dismay

just remember that this is the California way

And while we love that we can go out and play

With narry a coat or mittens, as if it were May

We sure would love to get out our sleigh

and go sledding on a glorious snow day).

(PS It sure is hard making everything rhyme with -ay)