SOLSC '22 Day Twenty-two: Go home, she said

The announcement came

ten minutes before the last bell

"Check your email now, please."

The principal telling us

to go home, as soon as

all students are dismissed

After-school activities canceled

across the district

So I left after car duty,

too hot in my raincoat

the sun still peeking

while dark gray clouds rolled in

Home in five minutes

I texted my husband

who called back to say

he was on his way home, too

I had a headache

rested on the couch

made dinner 

rested some more

And then the rains came

and the nonstop weather coverage

and the tornados touching down 

to the south, the east

while our rain stopped, and

the sun shone

and a rainbow appeared

outside my kitchen window

The headache 

was still there

so I drank some water 

ate some chocolate

went back to the couch

More tornado warnings

still far away

as the sun went down

I fell asleep on the couch

only to be awakened when

the rain started again,

overflowing the gutters,

sending me off to bed

with a thunderous lullaby.