It's Still Life

20 July: Heat Wave

He

say he’s never seen me
with wet hair before.

and the patio is too hot
for ants to walk on, and

is it okay to step on them?

She

knocks on the bedroom door, and asks
when Nana and Farfar won’t be sick

and says, please fix this boiling house.

They

they’re both jumping and jumping,
saying, BEACH! BEACH!

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