Heat Wave
A sensual observational poem capturing the intensity of summer, exploring heat, vulnerability, attraction and the complex nature of the human gaze beneath a blazing sun.
Sweat envelopes her
Undraped by the sea
A shade degree
Higher than before
Like a naked Queen
Publicly disrobed
She sucks in sustained
Tropical air
Her black hair soaked
She flaps her breasts down
With light cotton blouse –
She cannot keep her
Pale legs still,
Her brain to bubble cool –
Licking her ice cream
Uncomfortable
Disrupted by a squabble
Of scavenging Gulls
And peering eyes that scan
Under a lumined sun.
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You know, I live less than a mile from Dumfries in the US. Loved your poem. Heat is coming soon, very soon.
Thank you Ann. Your comment is much appreciated.