Urban Heat

104° Fahrenheit. Really?

But I'm lying under a blanket

Sipping coffee, and watching TLC.

The sun can't even penetrate through my curtains

Surely it can't be that much of a problem!

104° Fahrenheit. Really?

But my ice cream hasn't melted yet.

And I can see those men working untiringly

By the roadside - surely

They wouldn't be laboring if it were scorching hot outside!

104° Fahrenheit. Really?

But the water for my bath is cold.

And who would go out to have sugarcane juice

(As the crowd in front of the shabby stand indicates)

In a weather as hot as you claim!

104° Fahrenheit. Really?

But I see those children in untidy school uniform

Playing catch under the sun and enjoying ice golas

Surely if it were hot, they'd be in Baskin Robins instead!

104° Fahrenheit, you say!

Are you sure?

I can't feel a thing.