Heat Wave

Is it … the heat
or, lack of …
rain?
My will,
parched and curling.

Fading green leaves
turn golden dead.
Oak corpses stand
along a black road.

Heat radiates...
asphalt pools boil
on this two lane
in hell.
Gregory Zeorlin 8/17/2011 3:59pm @ 107 degrees
Copyright 2011 Gregory Zeorlin