Swaying, Heat pressing into my skin, The same winged creature circling my face and then landing on the very tip of my nose, Air thick like a milkshake. When the rain comes, Landing with a thud, Like a bag of sand dropping from the roof of a house, The animals can breathe, I can breathe, Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, Even the crickets let out a sigh, Pounding like a drum, Pounding like the same dream every ******* night, The capybaras and wooly monkeys with their hunched shoulders and squinting eyes, Let the branches and leaves heave around them, Verdant, And flashing, A globe of bubblegum, The rain always comes.