GreenScreen

Meteorologist's eyes trained
to decipher greens, yellows, reds
on radar, spinning trouble we
see as blobs on our TV sets.

(All we know: red is bad. Heavy
weather is fixing to move in.)

The calm voice of reason slices
through each level of the storm, tells
which way it's headed, hoping to
save lives along the damage path.

(Don't know how much science goes
into bringing us the forecast.)

Would like to thank David Finfrock,
the NBC Channel Five Storm
Team for keeping us informed, for
inviting me into your world.

(And as far as the GreenScreen went:
don't worry. Think your jobs are safe.)

(c) 2007, Karla Dorman