And this day is long
longer than the accumulation
of it's hours

dragging slow booted feet
through muggy, treacle air

grey despondent skies
sigh salubriously overhead

and on the horizon  the days end
shimmers just out of reach

a mirage, an illusory insult
to the mind struggling with
five more hours...

behind this desk
                      in this heat.
this ****** interminable heat!!!