Anticipation 2
gigantic tales
air become water
gulping it all in
pillars of cumulonimbus
west wind Himalayas plains
it’s hot as an autorickshaw’s engine
as a vat full of boiling chai
as dahl
monsoon seemed like a story
to a traveller, the first time,
children swept down drains
the humidity gained
steaming toilets
catching buckets of water
chest out pleading for it
naked under overhead fan
until this breaks
where where will we be
where will we be
when it breaks
Roiling! Sarah, reminds me my first summers here - in Wollongong. No comparison I know but back then ...
ReplyDelete