Summer bakes us all
we glisten, basted,
glossy, full of scent
on the beach coconut
on the track athletic musk.
The dog lies panting
collapsed in a cool for now spot
We long for air conditioning
and winter ice.
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Shawn L. Bird 
I think truer words have never been spoken about today.
My condolences! I am not fond of those hot days. Thank heaven for air conditioning!
The Northern people’s lament.
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well done…but I live in South Central Texas where it usually is summer all the time 🙂 so I am always longing 🙂
We can cool you off. Come up in January! 🙂
Lol,,,,
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Summer is so good
Spring and autumn are my preference, I think.
Winter is deadly (post-broken ankle!) and summer is just exhausting.
Heat and humidity here. I feel like the incredible sweaty dude! 🙂
Ick. I hate the humidity. At least around here, it’s most a dry heat!
It is awful. I need a portable igloo!
An ice one wouldn’t last long!
Hmm, I better give this more thought.
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We long for winter ice…until we get it. 😉
I’ve decided I’m a shoulder season girl. Thank heaven I moved out of Alberta! We actually get all 4 seasons here, for 3 months each.
You are blessed!
Yes.
I just returned from southeast Alaska, where the locals think 70 is torrid.
I don’t speak Fahrenheit, but I believe 70 is room temperature- ie. 21 Celsius, right? We were in the high twenties all the last week, which would be in the 80s? It felt pretty torrid when one was outside!
It’s more a question of humidity. 21 Celsius in, say Drumheller, would be a tad more comfortable than it would in Vancouver.
Absolutely. We’re half way between Vancouver and Calgary on the cusp of the Rockies (1100 feet above sea level) so it is rarely as humid as Vancouver. Though I will say, even in Vancouver I have never felt the humidity I experience going through a tunnel from plane to airport in Minneapolis! It was like a wall of moisture. We were astonished!
Another outstanding poem. Those of us who live in Georgia dealing with a month of mid 90s to 100+ degree weather long for icy conditions though that rarely happens. We are in our 5th season HOT that lasts from May until October……………….sigh only 4 months…………………sigh.
So what’s the good stuff that keeps you there? I’m sure something wonderful balances it out… 😉
The good people of Georgia far out weigh the negatives. Somehow it doesn’t take long living in the south before the south becomes part of you.
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