OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT
OF T in the stilly night The Weather Report confounds me; And it’s not just apprehensive fright Of the situation round meNot the storms, nor the rain, Nor the South Wind againNo, it’s the inadequate description they’ve chosen: "Temperatures mild!" By this I’m beguiled, j Till next day, when I’m _ practically frozen. , ES in the stilly night These ambiguous terms confound me: A more vivid vernacular might lessen the blight Of the cyclones that surround me. "Temperatures moderate!" is what I’m told. Now is that warm, or wintry weather? Ts it hot, or is it cold, Or a little of both together?
I F the Announcer would say, "Take your raincoats to-day! Umbrella, too, if you’ve got one!" It mightn’t be dignified, But I'd know what it signified, As I would if he said, "Here’s a hot one! The sun is here!" (DRUM RATTLE, LOUD CHEER). He could even make it dramatic, With noises off, to give the idea, And to make it more emphatic. ys, in the stilly night The Weather Report could enlighten me, On the sort of Conditions I might pectBut these Technical Terms — they
frighten me!
M.M.
H.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 355, 12 April 1946, Page 16
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197OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 355, 12 April 1946, Page 16
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