July 24, 2004

• I lift my arms to catch a breeze, a tiny puff of air, anything to tamp down the sweltering heat that has claimed me for its own, has taken away my self, my sanity.

  
  

  Instead, I am caught in a bear hug by the same muggy heat from which I was trying to escape.

  
  

  It has left no place untouched.

  
  

  The blades of the boxfan swirl, work hard to at least stir the air, and when I look at it with disappointment, wishing it were an air conditioner, it answers only with swishing blades and a brilliant poker face.

  
  

  This is what I prayed for all winter, what I looked upon with anticipation in the spring, what I miss when autumn comes, and what I wish weren't here when summer has come at last.

  
  

  I. Can't. Move.

  
  

  I. Can't. Think.

  
  

  I. Can't. Breathe.

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