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By darwin Date: 2003 Jun 26 Comment on this Work [[2003.06.26.06.07.7438]] |
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I was driving home yesterday, in the raging heat. my body cramped into the compact toyota, feeling as fleshy as a sardine. I had already discarded my shirt, letting the thin straps of my dress fall forgotten on my shoulder. the dry air, brushed my cheeks with faint red. i could hear the summer wail of sirens in the distance, imagining the the flashing lights as reflected in the childrens eyes they passed by. perhaps one had fallen in the street, when his ball had gone into the road. scenarios played in my mind. i raced home in the heat, feeling the perspiration condensing under the fold of my breasts. my arm languidly falling outside the window, as i waited for a red light to change. praying for some type of wind to blow through my open windows. i was a prairie in summer, waiting for a coming storm. i seemed expectant, perhaps it was the turtle that crossed my path downtown the day before. the woman in the park who told me that it would bring good luck, as we looked on as it flailed its tiny appendages. i was hoping her voodoo magic would find me. so we've argued the last couple of days. our bodies laying on top of red sheets, with two fans blowing on our naked bodies. our sweaty brows screaming for peace and hoping the heat would subside, our bodies not wanting to fall into each other, my lips tight sealed. your body repellant of anything but a draft of air. then you said you loved me no matter what, that you have never questioned it. i sat quiet with tears streaming down. i love you in the heat, and in the desert when the moon rises, i love you when turtles cross our paths and when flowers fall against the sun. i love you when our bodies are screaming for air, and i love you when we are screaming at each other. we are breathless without each other, you are my oxygen. |