tropical wave past

dozens of lakes spring up from all the rain
from mountaintop right down to mountainside
all stands revealed that you would have us hide

the green exploding down there on the plain
speaks of a buoyant life too long denied
dozens of lakes spring up from all the rain

i look as others talk of loss and gain
the comfortable poor folks' pain deride
forgetting the true bases of their pride
dozens of lakes spring up from all the rain