They're predicting it'll get below freezing
We Georgia residents know what that means
There'll be a run on bread, milk and toilet paper
And supermarket shelves will be picked clean



People will rush to buy jugs of bottled water
And those fake fire logs as they fill their tanks with gas
Drinkers will stock up on their favorite brew
Enough for a week or two in case the weather lasts



They'll buy plastic sheets to staple over the windows
And stuff to stop up every crevice and crack
To keep out that weather with its wind chill
And kerosene heaters they can always take back



There'll be scads of school and government closings
Lots of our favorite TV shows will be preempted
So the stations can show special weather programs
And interviews with shoppers clutching their bread



Shows not on local stations will be interrupted
With special reports at some crucial moment in the plot
Only to return during a long commercial break
Just as the show ends and we've missed the best part



I appreciate all the meteorologists do
But it seems that some like to scare and twist us
We're relieved at the times when it's a big false alarm
And we find that the weather front has missed us



Kathleen McCoy Eldridge©
January 17, 2008
All Rights Reserved



(Title of Poem Suggested by Rocky McCoy)