wildflowers
shrivel and dry
heat advisory
wildflowers
shrivel and dry
heat advisory
wind chimes
barely ping
too hot to sleep
heat
not even the birds
will sing
sunlight
weighs heavy
in the trees
noon
nothing stirs
desert heat
empty streets
too hot to play
silence
a gecko scurries
up the the wall
rising heat
two wrens
perched on a plum tree
thirsty for rain
a leaking spigot
wrens cool off
one by one
cobblestone alley
gelato drips
on my thumb