Pit-Pat
Just listen to that
I hear the scratch-scratch of
A clawing rat.

And do you hear the woosh
And goosh goosh goosh
Of the murmured whining rain
Slamming like a hammer at
My broken window pane?

Yes, and poof poof poof
Away foes the tarpaper
Blowing off the roof?

And ding ding ding
I hear a musical ring
rain is splashing down in 
The kitchen sink.
I must have time to think.

I’ve no time to loaf and lurk
I should go back to work,
Or just sit and wait again
For the pit-pat of falling rain.