It was summer in Chicago ,
Ninety-five degrees and almost
the same percent of humidity;
And then the air conditioning
went out
And then the air conditioning
went out;
I really can’t establish that
fact enough;
The Air Conditioning Went Out!
So, all the windows were open and
the ceiling fans turned on;
Ceiling fans give me a headache
because I can see them out of the
corner of my eye,
twirling and twirling and
twirling and making me motion sick;
I shed most of my clothes while
he went to the utility room;
I was putting ice cubes into all
the animals’ water bowls,
when he came back, wet up to his
ankles;
“I think something is wrong with
the air conditioner,”
I would have smiled at all of the
silliness of the scene,
if it wasn’t for the fact that it
was getting hotter by the second
Now, the cat didn’t mind because
cats like to be hot;
Freaks!
But bunny rabbits do not like it,
which might explain why I have
two bunnies and only one cat;
I understand bunnies better;
I found a shady spot in the cross
breeze and I sat there,
wetting down the bunnies’ ears
with cool water;
While he and the cat rushed
about, calling repair men,
who always said, “tomorrow,”
my charges and I fell into a
sweat soaked sleep right there on the hallway floor
A loud noise woke me up and I
left my furry friends to go to the window;
A deep green sky;
Red sky at night, sailor’s
delight, Red sky in the morning…
Wait, that doesn’t apply here;
Green skies are for
thunderstorms;
Lightning flashed and thunder
clapped
and it was deliciously dark with
cool, dare I say almost cold, winds;
I got my air conditioning
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