the long period of heat
is so very draining
and us down under folk
are all complaining

no cool change
is in the offering
and we're all
certainly suffering

day after day the sun beats
in a fashion so hot
which leaves us feeling
like a cooking ***

signs of rain
to moisten the atmosphere
don't appear
on the horizon anywhere here

we're enduring
a lengthy searing spell
that resembles
the ember's of hell