Hot Summer Heat

It wears on you
 hot summer heat
 still hot at nine PM
 just want to stay inside
 a hundred and three, a hundred and five
 feels like blazes
Lord Almighty how I love the ac
 too old to do without it now
 actually am drinking water
 in excessive heat it quenches that dry thirst
 do everything in the morning, early morning
 by nine AM before the sun burns hard and savage
Just want to sit in the dark and enjoy cool air
 go outside and the summer heat will melt you
 like being in a daze, sleepy, unmotivated
 day dreaming of blizzards and Canadian arctic blasts
 those cozy freezing frost biting winter winds
 how you miss them in the hot summer heat
Hot and worn out, wet from sweat
 let the shower run cold for fifteen minutes
 before you step in, so hot the water in the pipes
 way to warm, takes time to turn cold
 let the cool water run over your head soaking your hair
 onto your face and be absorb by your overheated body
And it is only nine thirty AM
 going to be another cruel long hot day in the summer.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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