Umbrellaing

When rain is in between
And neither drizzling nor pouring,
You venture out to shop or do
Some necessary choring

And then you must decide because
You find you’re on the spot –
The choice is often difficult –
Umbrellaing or not.

Umbrellas keep you nice and dry
But yes, they must be carried
And dealing with a dripping one’s
No fun when you are harried.

Yet if you don’t umbrella,
Getting wet is the result.
The choice is individual –
There’s no one to consult.

I watched the walkers out today
As drops fell from the sky.
The split was 50 – 50
For the folks who passed me by.

The non-umbrella users
Often wore a hat or hood,
Protecting just a bit of what
A good umbrella would.

But I concluded those without,
When wet from top to bottom,
Were not intent to prove a point –
They simply just forgot ‘em!