The Good Drop : 13 stanzas each of 4 lines about an understated drop of rain in the Outback.
“We had a drop of rain” he said,
And cracked it for a grin.
We were driving down the main street
With the water leaking in.
“We’ll make it to the higher ground
If the motor doesn’t quit.
It could have been much worse, yer know,
This lot is just a spit!”
I gripped the seat with mounting fear
Quite sure that I would die.
As if to reinforce this view,
A dead cow floated by.