Rain in the drainages rolling, lolloping
squirming tadpoles, wriggling, rollicking
heartening frogs who're singing of spawning
tumbling down drainpipes - heard it all, yawning.

Darkening gums with shoe shine polishing,
sparkling glums and birds astonishing.
Slow-filling creeks with leaf litter swirling,
Pernod-ing leaves and fronds unfurling.

Sliding down roof tiles, summoning mossing,
gurgle-gargling and guttering glossing.
Drip drop drizzling, oh, do, stop grizzling,
plashing, splashing and yummily sizzling.

After brecky, I'll go out galoshing,
slop-hop-muddling and puddle-sploshing.