Thursday, May 27, 2021

thai heat comes to pittsburgh

with the dedication of dripping water droplets

trees in the canopy bow in reverence
murky rivers take their turn
a welder's arc at minimum wage
from a darkened garage
oily skin takes in all the grit
then screams for a cold shower
a jackhammer labors up the avenue
there's no beauty in the work-a-day world
the vans carry the immobile to the hospital
coal mine subsidence sinks another hillside
and yet the summer
has not yet begun

--- e b bortz 

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