Endless Inspiration 16
Wordsmith’s Warmup: Homonyms. Mix up a batch of these entertaining words into a single paragraph and see what happens.
rein, rain, reign
The drought’s reign of terror lasted three long years. Not a single drop of rain fell on the cracked earth from April to April to April again, although dark clouds hovered permanently on the horizon. People left in droves, bound for a more fertile country, wherever that was. The government enforced ration laws, they pulled up hard on the reins, but the wild mustang of the people was dying of thirst and when they bucked the politicians lost control. Folks fled in panic towards the oceans flanking our wide land, emptying the mountains and plains in the middle, abandoning the industrial network connecting the coasts… The comfort of water was such a relief, even full of salt, that not a few days passed before we heard news on the radio that another dehydrated man had drowned himself in overzealous immersion. But we stayed put, us hardy few. We dug deep wells in the middle of our country, we guarded the dried up lakes with our lives, not a few of which were lost. And most recently we were rewarded: after three starving summers and three desperate winters, the tight-fisted clouds finally loosened their grip and dumped rain in the middle. On our land and the surrounding area we received five blessed minutes of a thorough downpour. The water dropped in sheets and the cracked earth greedily swallowed. Although we were skeptical at first, wary of the change, it was enough. It has rained in our area five times since the first cleansing. The grass at last begins to sprout and the sight of green gives us hope. But the rest of the country remains dry. As before, people begin to journey in pursuit of greener pastures… and I fear a new reign of terror has begun.
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