Our Globally Warming Neighbors Poem by RIC BASTASA

our neighbors are
weathers
more of the global
warming type
in short
unpredictable

so unpredictable
that i can't just figure
out which is the
sunny one from
the wet one

during thunderstorms
they laugh
and when the sea is
calm tonight
they all stay in their
house and
get drunk

we are the chameleons
to suit their changing colors

you expect that they
will like us

so unpredictable are they
they still didn't like it
'we hate chameleons'
' we like melons' they shouted.

until one day
we gave up
we decided not to mind
and use
the ignorance
style

and then they
begin to smile.