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It’s not me I fear for. In my backpack I carry an assortment of expensive electronic equipment that isn’t fond of swimming; a laptop, a cellphone, an ipod. Summer storms are sudden and complete, drenching with the fury of a grandmother’s kisses and leaving the recipient bewildered and very very wet.
On the radar, pockets of green and red float across the screen immersed in a field of gray. Outside, the sky looks threatening, bellowing forth its fury from some distant flash of lightening while patches of blue tempt with security. It’s full of mixed messages.
Like every evening I ride my bike, I head to the downtown library to catch up on some writing before making the twenty five minute ride home, but tonight I sit next to a window nervously watching the low flying clouds skip across the tops of buildings as the banners that hang from light post blow in a steady wind. The radar promises a break, but when and how long, I don’t know.