Farmer Sues Cloud for Emotional Damage After Drought, Represents Himself with Sock Puppet Lawyer

Ma said, “He talkin’ to the sky?”
Pa grinned, “That sock’s got a lawyer tie.”
“Your Honor,” he cried, with puppet hand,
“This cloud withheld rain from our land!”
He pointed to sky like legal proof,
While the puppet nodded under hoof.
Goat served papers with dramatic flair,
Pig cross-examined empty air.
“Cloud, you ruined my sorghum crop,
And stole my dreams–now make it stop!”
Rooster judged from haystack bench,
Wore powdered wig and smelled like stench.
Chicken gasped at the rainless sin,
While wind objected with a grin.
Granny wept into legal briefs,
Lou subpoenaed thunder for griefs.
The case rained down in folkball songs,
About clouds sued for rural wrongs.

Alan Nafzger (editor@bohiney.com)

Last Updated on April 13, 2026 by Alan Nafzger