Endless Summer

ENDLESS SUMMER

Summer -- erasing memories of winters past,

            Memories of ice, sleet, and snow.

Summer -- burning heat and vast

            Deserts no matter where you go.

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Hot -- enough to burn your feet,

            Enough to burn your legs.

Hot -- enough on the street

            To scramble eggs.

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Sun -- a blazing furnace in the sky,

            Fire without sound.

Sun -- turning the world dry,

            Burning the thirsty ground.

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Thirst -- and dry lips, ragged breath,

            Parched throat, and bleary eyes.

Thirst -- and the fear of a heat death

            Under cloudless skies.

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Mercy -- not from this fiery sun,

            Not this bummer.

Mercy -- there is none.

            There is only endless summer.