Tagged: heat
spring whistles with her
spring whistles with her
teeth at twenty minutes past
five, competing with
the clanging heat pipes waking
up early to keep us warm
.
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it’s the third or fourth
it’s the third or fourth
harvest of the season – our
shishito peppers,
mysteriously giving,
curiously holding back
.
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this must be the place,
this must be the place,
said one creature to the other,
the aroma of
apples and spice cooked over low
heat escaping into the yard
.
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the ac turns on
the ac turns on
and off, thermostat set at
eighty-two, running
water is steps away, we brew
a pot of fare trade coffee
(as if we were making
a difference)
.
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on the fifth day of
on the fifth day of
summer, we are sitting still
in ninety-degree
weather, waiting and hoping
that the heat never finds us
.
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we are down by the
we are down by the
river, taking our cue from
the great blue heron,
fishing for a breeze in this
record warmth of october
.
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the first december
the first december
in the new old home, we have
become privy to
the twilight dialogues between
the heat pipes crossing households
.
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summer’s end hangs on
summer’s end hangs on
to the coattails of autumn,
dragging with it such
insufferable heat, causing
insomnia in its wake
.
20200929:0109
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after more heat, we
after more heat, we
might cave a little, maybe
harden – there is no
clear prediction to how we
might turn out, reverberate
.
20200827:2046
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the holidays can
the holidays can
stretch like dough, but not without
some tender prompting
.
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