#1 48 degrees
You need to hydrate my friend!
Drink a glass of water before you leave!
Can you pass me the bottle?
I’d rather have a beer!
#2 38 feels like 44 degrees
The menthol in my cig-
sweeps me off my feet
after an indecent meal
I feel like hope is catering
exclusively to me.
#3 37 degrees / 89% humidity
I wipe my forehead
on her thighs
she vies for more
I can’t say
I have felt this way
before.
#4 46.4 degrees- No chance of rain
A hijra named Hafees
on Subramanyam Bharati Marg
is willing to impart
a blessing for a buck
I negotiate my rate
but I’m a cheapskate.
#5 Heat wave in France
Inch by inch
I melt into the ground
but the blood in my veins
is not enough
for this Earth
dying of thirst.
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