Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday #17
Write about summer heat
Cement sidewalks appear
a rippling oasis. Trash cans
standing outside shops
for pickup, smell a combination
of rotten eggs and dead fish.
It is not Friday, so he cannot lose
the tie. Too casual for Wall Street’s
crowd. In his neighborhood, children
race in and out of open fire hydrants.
He mops his forehead, longing
for September.
business people gripe
sidewalks are scorched with heat
offices are air-cooled
purplepeninportland 
sMiLes.. amazing the
prison at least some humans
have put themselves in on
straight lined sidewalks
that only lead
to repetitive
stress injuries
by walking one
way.. as a species
evolved to forage in
360 degrees of
the entire
environment
and not just one
with blinders on straight
ahead.. anyway.. life curveS..
yes.. liFe thRows curve bALLs..
and sAdly people
refuse
to bend..
oh.. the bending..
oh.. the beauty.. of sidewalks
broken into fields as meadows
that no knOW borders of liFE iN noW..
Sidewalks pLay
a curse
of hop
scotch
death in
moVinG.. ConnEcTinG
CreAtinG more than noW beFore
neatLY cuRbed iNside boX roadS liFe..:)
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Love your descriptions of heat in this and how everyone is touched by it. Excellent senryu at the end.
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A very clear image of hell’s kitchen type of environment. Great haiku!
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The pavement of downtown just increases the heat and it’s miserable to have to wear too many clothes…excellent descriptions! For us in Florida, we’ll have to wait way past September for any relief.
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Yes, thank goodness for the A/C.
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business people gripe
sidewalks are scorched with heat
One can well understand the inconvenience experienced by those outdoors. They are invariably their own bosses. So it should be ok!
Hank
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Ah, yes, those refreshing fire hydrants!
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As long as I am inside with an AC, I can tolerate summer. Thanks for joining us Sara.
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