I was not feeling my best.

Thought something was really wrong with me.

Was trying to remember.

The subdivision beneath the lake.

What happened after the flood?

I did not want to be seen as sensational.

Highways literally became rivers.

A silvered stream but no salmon.

The mind swims there.

What was the evidence for that thought?

I tried to explain myself.

This part was going to be hard to say.

Mouth full of reservoir water.

Many animals drowned.

I observed the deluge from a great distance.

Looked for signs the best was yet to come.

One moment a helicopter landed.

The next, people climbed into it.

A neon-whirring bird.