Gillian Swain - #23 - Heat

Loving the heat today
It's blowing a gale out there
I check to see how much washing I've lost to the wind.
These days are quiet
tempt cabin fever in kids 
or parents who wish them outside.

The day as long as 
the laundry basket is high
It's too tired to be folded
We step over and it's relieved
to be in out of the wind and left to its work
Fabric origami is serious business
like the art of keeping a Sunday empty
or sleeping late.

It's hot out there
the afternoon stretches
rolls over the ridge
waits for dusk to
decide upon cool relief or more sweat
We step out into the wind to dry off.