Archive for July 7th, 2010
July Midnight
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, stream of consciousness
July Midnight
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relentless din
of crawling
prowling
night
pours steaming
through my window
midnight intrudes
damp and searing
insistent
scalded air
too hot and thick to breathe
a heat to suffocate
coarse whirr drones overhead
promising relief
in vain
sweltered darkness
lays heavy upon me
unbearable
I toss in labored half-sleep
gasping for cool relief
haltingly
I deep inhale to fill my lunges
only to bake them
in cruel sustaining breath
this oven to endure
salted droplets trace my spine
baste [...]
