They Needed Rain in Philly

She hands him a brown paper sack “Don’t get your hopes up, It’s bologna again” Pressing the handwritten note With the cursive emoji Into the palm of his dry calloused hand He returns a tired grin, grabs an umbrella And off her confusion says, “You never know when it might rain” As he steps off the porch into the bright sunny day and when she’s out of sight, his smile fades pray to the heavens above oh let the skies open up shed a tear for the hopeless they needed rain in philly tonight or there’ll be hell to pay come the morning light on a double mortgage and a bottle of champagne She raced to catch up with those tiny feet graced with a sprinter's speed there she stood terrified before a Modigliani "what's wrong with her eyes, mommy?" "Maybe she's wondering why she put herself in debt for a degree in art history?" When she first saw the math, her jaw dropped how a well paying dream job, could cost them more than paying someone else to look after her precious daughter at a time when a daughter needs her mother most so she turned them down, then she turned away pray to the heavens above let’s crack open the 401k spend all of our tomorrows today she needed rain in philly tonight or come what may they won’t make it through… maybe she should’ve got a degree in meteorology? Ohhhh ohhhh overdrew the checking account to make the long shot bet in their father’s time this would’ve been based on the outcome of a sports contest. But in their steep decline, the last fifty dollars is spent and it only comes back to them if it rains on a sunny day. they needed rain in Philly tonight! they needed rain in Philly tonight! they needed rain in Philly tonight! they needed rain in Philly tonight! pray to the heavens above they’re drowning on dry land begging for precipitation tonight they needed rain they needed it to rain oh please god, just this one time…