Tag: heat
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Girl On A Bike
A blazing hot day on a treeless city street The sky so bright it hurts your eyes Heat bakes off the pavement Broiling the air Midwestern summer . A couple walking their dog Laconic, saving their energy . There is no traffic You can hear the quiet . Then a buzz saw sound Carbon wheels…
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The Fan
It hummed along in the corner, an indiscrete presence. It was old and rickety and possessed of a bad temperament. When it worked, which ironically tended to be on cooler days, it serenaded it’s fellow occupants with a symphony of squeaks and squeals at intervals contrived to deny sleep. No one thought to replace it…