more or less a cycle about the summer heat (and never satisfied)



ashen

rain would be nice
and cooler weather
or
rain and keep it
tropical
for compromise

we need rain
I need rain
I keep on asking
don’t I

sorry to be a pest
but it’s the dust outside
from jackhammering
and
cigarettes
all by the workers

whom I don’t want
to begrudge
anything
having work
getting paid
sponsoring their lives

it’s the detritus
I suppose
what is left over
that I’m breathing
after the job



lean in

lean into it
some things work like
that
work better
with the angle and assertion

but for some
things
such as fast sailing
lean away
and go no other

angles matter
a direction sometimes
matters



oh how happy we’ll be

to breathe in ocean air
something
about
the chemicals reacting
I am sure
but
it feels good
regardless
of the science or
religion

not
to say don’t believe
in either
frankly
but
to relish in inhaling God has
given
and we dissect
if it’s only air


By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
You and I, you and I, oh how happy we'll be



hot

how does it go
it’s too darn hot
not
in the desert
mind you
though it is a dry heat
I hear
and have
experienced

funny
how one thinks
the desert is just fine
when
there are things
of course
it will do to me
and
you
if we’re not careful

and that depends
on how much intrusion
humans
have made with stores
and
gasoline
cold water
and snacks

meaning
thank goodness for
Seven-Eleven
where
it’s hot
sing
too darn hot


song by Cole Porter



when we wish

yes
it could rain
and then rain
and then there be a flood
with
the demon sidling

what do you
want
you’re never satisfied

the irony
of
what we need
and
dare we ask a genie
one of the djinn
as a trickster

or might we trust
better angels
and overall
divinity
to presume on our behalf
discretion
and
parameters

in other words
rain
please
enough rain
please



c l couch



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