Saturday, 1 April 2017

Extreme Heat




Any day you get 46 degrees on the patio you’re 
either pleased you didn’t fry - or you’ve decided 
the thermometer has lied grievously; its the first 
occasion we’d witnessed the event at first hand 
and, admittedly, taken pictures. Although hardly 
a grandiose match - suggests cameos of what’s  
yet to truck when the ‘events of global warming’ 
cease to be rumours rancidly running amok 

No, we did not hide in an air conditioned room, 
or go off shopping to the local Mall - tho there’s 
no doubt th’ call for Sunday groceries could’ve 
easily been combined with Matinee Movies - & 
tho hard to resist we persevered with getting to 
grips with Future’s undoubtedly beholden lien 

So the deal was litres of ice-cold soda water in 
lieu of endemic avoidance pacts - and after all 
chores were completed in the cooler morning’s 
charity; then the act collapsed into those under 
ceiling-fan immured-melancholia scenes to an 
inescapably-blue, extreme-heat reality… 
© 13 February 2017, I. D. Carswell 

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