On a hot day in July
Our love turns cold
It makes me numb
It makes me old.
The heat I can survive
But can't stand losing you
Talking to ones self is boring
Especially now when the
Temperature is soaring
If my loneliness could be
Measured in degrees--
Why! I would be
falling below thirty-three
Wish we could talk this over
A glass of iced tea--
Hot coffee for me--
At the corner booth
Just you and me--
Like it used to be. . . .
Written 1980, 85, 2003
rewritten 6-17-04
Copyright©2004
Marie L Sellers