days before summer
and the heat, the heat
it radiates from the sky
shimmers off the pavement
melting me between my
bustle from work to
an even hotter kitchen
I have just enough time
to run errands, the grocery
the cleaners, the bank
I carry them through
with rough impatience
thinking of you
all the while and when
can I make time
to see you and watch
your smile break
like the unstoppable crescendo
of an ocean wave
over me
enveloping me
washing away
my sweaty impatience.

06/12/2003

Posted on 06/12/2003
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