Day Fifty-Nine

My friends were all leaving soon, and I wondered what I would do without them.  We went out for fruit shakes, and talked.  My friend seemed weary.

That night I went to sleep to a warm, humid world.  I woke up around three thirty the next morning to a thunderstorm.  It rained for hours, on into the day.

I cleaned the house and watched for a break in the clouds.  My housekeeper came to ask for her salary early.  I wondered when I would next see my friends.

I thought of my family.  I cleaned.  I fed the cat.  I prayed.