summer heat

by Matthias L. - Capricorn

rope-sk  pin' in the he a t as picky as bones
       ip 

so dry around the cardboard future of 
          these men, home race homeless but
with hop : e-brand cigarettes in their
       stillborn hands with three thumbs
waving snakes against the sun,
      its breath so thick that one
could almost   swi'm in its sweat
  river tr
         ick
      ling
             downward s
    a pair of brows and weary skin
  so dry, and still she keeps

             ip
           sk  pin'

        her thoughts so much on her own
      that we'd sometimes ask her to hide
         us
         from stars
         from startling reve:
                        lations
                and she would spin
         dust- sk i p p i n
                         g

a marvellous pattern
       of sun, shadow and stone
               lizards on an asphalt coast
Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2005-07-25 16:38:15
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:51
Poem ID: 70823

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