She Said it Was Hailing in The Attic,

but no one knew what she meant.

Hail indoors, in the attic no less?

If even possible, we would have heard it

banging, thumping, thudding

above our heads. She said

there was rain in the attic,

tearstains on her rosy cheeks,

but the attic was intact.

No one knew what she was

getting at when she said there

was rain in the attic. Surely,

the ceiling would have begun to leak.

She said it was getting to be too much,

but we all said she was fine as we watched

her climb to the roof. It’s hailing again,

she said, looking up into clear blue skies.

Now we know what she meant

when she said

it was hailing in the attic.