hot fun in the summer time

you awaken in a ball
of sweat,
there is a mushroom
growing on
your chest,
birds have taken to
making nests
in your hair.
spiders have spun
webs between your
legs. you have been
without electricity
for two days
in a hundred degree
heat. you don't
have the strength
to get up and
cut your self with
a sharp knife.  you look
out your window
and see the low
spiral of vultures
circling. you've
missed two days
of news cycle.
what has happened
with tom and his
wife. has alec slapped
another camera man.
who's getting out of
their car not wearing
underwear.
you have a thousand
spam e mails
to sort through.
you have fond memories
of ice. cubes and
cubes of ice. slowly
you arise peeling
yourself from
sheets you will burn.
you begin to sob
into your hands
as you hear the random
beeping of everything
you own blink on.