By chris
Date: 2004 Jun 03
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92 degrees of perfect

today
at the height of the heat
i walk up to the foothills
in the 92 degrees
of near-perfect
to check in
on the prickly pear and
sand sage
and help along
the inevitable skin cancer

upon getting back
i read the next
expected
"sorry but it's not gonna
work"
email
gotta love the internet
new ways to be a jerk
better techniques
for being a bitch
newer better faster ways
to break up which
cost even less
than a drink

i briefly considered
replying with the "i was
two-timing you anyway"
line
(true in this case)
but thought better of it
because there's enough
hurt out there
without adding any
so instead i go outside
in the sublime late-
afternoon air
and take a picture of the
exquisite desert millipede
on the wall
before killing it
with the bug spray