They came in search of incredible sun, seduced by cicadas and an easy time; extraneous baggage with nothing to declare. Two days in: Sister Rose shrivels on her browning stem; survives on lettuce leaves and cheap wine. Pitiable by design, knowing perfectly she's past her beauty max. At her feet: The blue pool cups cured hide of idle heat-crazed beast unleashed from his computer belt- a doughboy moulded to his insubstantial boat- afloat for fourteen days! Entwined- my crazy brother reclines with his latest lover to share 'delightful' elderflower champagne through a single straw, ****** together by their eyes. And in the shade: mother sits it out in floral silk, sustained by seventy deniers and her would-have-liked ideals- the shadow of a lattice grill tatooed across her brow.
Then as the just deserts arrive, and darted looks are handed round, I glower at the heat - crazed ground and muse- 'it's time to go,'