From heavy heat to a cooling downpour,
thunder rumbling
like the sudden sharp intake of breath
before skin meets skin.
And just like that,
it’s over
just as it was getting started.
Heavy heat cloaks tense atmosphere.
Humidity thick, suffocating.
Somewhere a disappointed lover lies back
in damp silence.
Sticky skin.
Shivering in the heat of an empty sweat,
desperate for the flood that never came.
Phantom fingers tracing the damp heat,
left burning for a flood that never fell.
In time, a cool breeze settles,
cooling the skin yet clearing nothing.
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