Mother Moon placed her howling baby into the calm water, a bath to sooth the tantrum.

Baby kicked with rage. The water rose up. Toy cities, filled with people, were buffeted about.

Small cars floated as roads became rivers, until the child wore itself out, falling asleep amid the ruins.

Candace Kubinec wrote this story with thoughts for Texas.

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