104°. (Ljidol wheel of chaos week 2)

[eeyore_grrl]

 
                 104*

it's 104 degrees on my naked body
if it's any consolation
         they say
it's a dry heat
but 100 is a 100 is a 100
and heat is hot

a cool mist sprays fine water droplets
occasionally covering me

i read poolside
my kindle my friend 
                                         amongst strangers
my husband my love 
                                          amongst newness
how do you make friends at a nudist resort
and i wonder
         if i want to
we are here to be us
we are here to relax
we are not looking for the insundry
the un.... sanitary

not this time
not today

but it's a dry heat
                        (they say)
        and i wonder
         what fever dreams connect here
         i wonder
         if my skin reddens
         because it sees the sun
         or because eyes see me

if it's any consolation
         they say
it's a dry heat

        perhaps,
                              i won't get wet 
                                                             after all

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Comments

[kizzy]

Heh, anyone who lives in a humid climate WILL claim that 100F in dry heat is different from trying to breathe heavy, swampy, hot air. It is different, but, as your poem states, 100 is 100. I'd be afraid of sunburning my always covered bits but I wonder if I could reach the "fuck it" conclusion your speaker reaches. I honestly don't know.

[eeyore_grrl]

i'm from upstate NY i KNOW humidity and heat... and yeah there is a difference, sure! but there is also a point where hot is just fucking hot.

as for me, eh, i like being naked so that was nice.

[kizzy]

Ah, I didn't know that. I'm from Boston, so, yeah, we both know that 100 i 100 whether it's humid, dry, or you're burning up next to a commercial oven at work. You should see the permanent heat rash on my back.

I think it's great that you're comfortable being naked. I wish I felt the same.