Tagged: heat
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
.
20200108:1147
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on green lake, for a
on green lake, for a
moment, we are held by the
summer heat and our
engine sputtering a call-
and-response to the ripples
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: sputtering
in the matrix, we
in the matrix, we
measure time in spoonfuls of
summertime – outside,
we drill holes into the snowbanks
to recover a bit of heat
.
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at the height of things,
departures are slow
departures are slow
releases –
even with a
steady hand on the
valve, it takes
heart to control
the flow
.
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the radiator
the radiator
is trying out a brand new
toccata in the
key of rise and shine this morning,
careful not to wake the neighbors
.
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two a.m. in the
two a.m. in the
morning, christmas eve or day – it’s
all a blur, lying
awake in the dark, high sixties,
three mosquito bites in winter
.
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