Mount Are A Rat

Long long ago before Global

Warmarists began spreading

conspiracy theories about

ozone depletion and polar cap

Meltdowns there was a flood

of apocalyptic proportions.

One that makes what is

Current in Pakistan look like

Perspiration on the brow of

A hill. Long range weather

Forecasters back then were

Adamant that there was no

Sign of a thunderstorm or

The like and of course, the

Populous as per always

Believed what they were

Being told by those who

Knew better than they.

But "Noah All “ as he was later

Called, was a free thinker,

A bohemian and he decided

To build a boat, (There were

No camper vans available)

And so, he loaded it up with

Their belongings. He and his

Wife lived in it for quite some-

Time, the locals ridiculed them

As none of what he had predicted

Came to pass. But then it began

To rain and rain and rain, cats and

Dogs and various other animals

Which all ended up on the deck

Of their ARK. Forty days and 40

Nights it poured to deluge proportions.

For a long time they were at sea on

The world ocean when one night

There was a tempest and Noah All’s

Wife was out on the bow tying down

The sail when she was swept away.

Things went bad on the boat after that

Because she did all the mucking out

Of the animals, Noah All was occupied

With navigation and more important

Chores. There was a terrible stench

Coming from the hold, but fortunately

The waters began to abate. Eventually

Noah All found himself and his menagerie

Perched on a hilltop which earned its name

From the first animals to leave, the ones

Which always desert a stinking ship.