2nd revision:
The soaring temperatures preceding solstice evaporated spring again this year, with heavy handed heat that saps your soul and leaves it draped across the sweat-soaked sheets.
While thick, dank darkness drains into your dreams, it stifles all desire and hampers sleep. When morning finally comes, a languid mist, negates all hope the spell’s inclined to lift.
When steamy midday shuttles in its sour white-hazed air, it steals your breath and leaves you feeling limp and listless. By twilight you’re longing for a cooling breeze to brush across your naked body like a leaf.
revision: Summertime in Cincinnati...
Where temperatures preempt the summer solstice, evaporating spring again this year, with heavy handed heat that saps your soul and leaves it draped across the sweat-soaked sheets.
While thick, dank darkness drains into your dreams, it stifles all desire and hampers sleep. Then morning, dripping in a moldy mist, negates all hope the spell’s inclined to lift.
When steamy midday shuttles in its sour white-hazed air it steals your breath and leaves you lazy, limp and listless. By twilight you’re longing for one brief cool breeze to brush across your naked body like a leaf.
Original: A Summer in Cincinnati Is...
Where, earlier than the solstice every year, the summer is announcing its arrival;
where heavy handed heat will sap your soul and leave it draped across the sweat-soaked sheets;
where thick, dank darkness drains into your dreams to stifle all desire and hamper sleep.
where morning, dripping in a moldy mist, negates all hope the spell’s inclined to lift;
where steamy midday shuttles in its sour white-hazed air to steal your breath and leave you lazy, limp and listless. By twilight you’re longing for one brief cool breeze to brush across your naked body like a leaf;
where sometimes sudden storms bring sweet relief.
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