It\u2019s going to be a hot day.
\nWet cotton.
\nThe air holds the damp
\nof a jungle night,
\na mysterious heat
\nfrom the trumpet vines.
\nSummer here
\nscorches us more than the equator.
\nWe are in the temperate zone
\nof weather,
\nlike a region in the sea
\nholding back its storms
\nhiding in the calm.<\/p>\n
I will sit under vegetating trees
\nand watch the children
\nplay in the pool.
\nWatch mirages rise from
\nthe pavement.
\nWonder if the heat
\nis worse in Bangkok.
\nThe steam of human sweat
\ndenser in Thailand.
\nThe heat will go away
\nwith the first fronts
\nadvancing from the north.
\nSeptember flowering with thistles,
\nOctober with ubiquitous gold,
\nremembering the heat
\nas snow melts on my fingers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s going to be a hot day. Wet cotton. The air holds the damp of a jungle night, a mysterious heat from the trumpet vines.…<\/p>\n