And then the rain will stop.
The mists will clear, the rain will stop, and cricket will one day right itself from its current state of power-broking format-jostle.
The rain will stop, the waves will subside, the clouds will part in the cleared up sky, and they'll be once more what clouds ought to be: lofty and rather lighthearted in their likeness to things drying in the sun— isles of bliss, lambs, cauliflowers, diapers.
Glasgow's Scott Jamieson hopes the rain will stop at the Portugal Masters, where he hit an opening round 63, so that he can continue his bid to move from 84th in the world rankings to the top 60 for the Race to Dubai.
Surfers, exhausted, arms like planks, will hang on in the water an extra 20 minutes, half an hour, in the hope that the rain will stop for just long enough that they can get changed in the parking lot without getting their dry clothes wet.
Surfers, exhausted, arms like planks, will hang on in the water an extra 20 minutes, half an hour, in the hope that the rain will stop for just long enough that they can get changed in the carpark without getting their dry clothes wet.
Maybe the rains will stop today, or maybe like Noah, you are in for a flood.
"We sincerely hope that the rains will stop in the next few days.
"Do you think that this rain will stop by tomorrow?
Only torrential rain will stop us – well, some of us!
Standing at the window, peering out, I'm wondering if the rain will ever stop.
