Heat.
Stifling, sweaty.
Try to get comfortable.
Too hot to sleep.
Fan isn't doing enough.
Peel off thin nightgown,
Step onto the veranda
Clad only in skin.
No breeze to cool,
No whisper of rain.
Clouds hang low in the sky.
Too hot for stars to shine.
Thunder rumbles in the distance
Teasing with the promise of relief.
A first cool drop
Sizzling on bare skin.
More come
Washing away the heat,
The sweat
Of this sultry summer night.
Lay down again,
Dreamless sleep. |