Harvey’s Forecast, Poetry by Michael McDonald

Genre: Life, Drama, Society

Harvey’s Forecast
by Michael McDonald

Harvey sat at the bar and drank his early morning whiskey.
The weather in his head had been overcast since he was a child.
Sunny breaks came from time to time during his life, but that was his minds climate, mostly cloudy with a chance of showers or heavy winds and rain.
His hands trembled as he raised the glass with the golden forcast changer inside to his lips.
There were certain types of drink in his past that changed the weather to extreme low pressure .
So low, that it would pop his eardrums.
No code on the barometer.
Beer kept it overcast and cool, that was a safe bet for the cranial weather office.
Beer, on the right occasion may even bring the odd sunny afternoon, but if he mixed his liquor he ran the risk of creating a…