Summer again and the heat
trapped in cars humid and dry it’s unnatural
Summer and everyone in cars and
everyone trapped in heat
swallowing cotton balls dabbed gingerly on glistening foreheads
and nobody says a word to each other sweating knives in a cage
August again and we’re all sitting trapped in metal frames
although we might ignore it also trapped in heat
burning leather seats sear white thigh skin
jailed in the heat of the moment
in the heat of our loins
humid and dry it’s unnatural
I sit, swallow cotton, sweat
in a leather seat and you walk around
with your eyes on display
legs licked by the breeze
breathing out dewdrops
I drink your eyes and suffocate
sweating knives on burning leather
the cotton in my throat is humid and dry
and everyone trapped in the heat of
your eyes and your legs
I drown in your lips
it’s unnatural.
