Some of the greatest things I did for myself yesterday.
At ninety-two degrees,
I drank water,
Iced,
Repeatedly.
A lot repeatedly.
And of course,
I happened to get a headache.
Woke up with it
Dragging,
But able to hold my head steady,
so, I tried to march on.
Until the heat and my body
Could no longer fight,
And my body conceded
At 3pm,
But,
Before I could lay down
in sleepy defeat.
The phone rang,
And I wanted to get it over with.
I answered.
I cut it short,
Just enough to prevent a call back.
And I slept.
Woke up,
Worked,
And drank more water.
And drank and drank
Until the weather broke back
Down into the eighties.
Work.
Eat,
Drink,
Sleep.
SURVIVE.
and then I heard,
Saturday will be 102°
Let there be mercy.
SickyBeat 