Heatwave

Melting morosely, my city mumbles 

in speech bubble increduility 

Offended by God's failure to turn

the bloody Oven off

The blue sky of belched out

carbon concentrates the wretched rays

Daggers of light ignite the windows

the walls The "I'm done with it Alls" 

Deck chair weather Dress code 

teathers you up in suit and tie
Homeworking, sweaty gherkin 
Trying to focus on a spreadsheet

While the walking legs of wonderful

maidens provide potent distraction...

craving interaction

But I'm staying inside

Better that than being baked alive

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

The imagery of this one captures the situation for large parts of the world today. Where I live, it was 94 degrees and humid, but I'm sure others had it worse. I'm staying inside, too, walking legs be damned.