Heat

the sun shines mercilessly down

upon the parched and hungry ground

leaving cracks in the earth

until the clouds bleed moisture

and then the heat becomes a steam bath

of overdone, breathless air

no longer light and shiny

rather heavy, blurry and dark

all the same, there is no breeze

that can take away the heat

as it lays upon a sweaty shoulder

and begs for the senseless shower

even cold, relief is for but a minute

and so we sit in the air conditioning

and raise our electric bills