High Water

Late one afternoon I noticed water coming out of the street drain. It started running down the street and neighbors started coming out and talking about it. I looked out towards the meadows and they were completely flooded. It was strange because there was no wind and the Sun was out. It kept rising and soon the sidewalks were under water. I started to worry, because it started coming faster and now it was heading towards our front door. It looked like we were in Venice.

It finally stopped and after a while it started to recede. Some of the older people said they lived there all their life and never saw the water come so high.