sticky

why is everything
so sticky.
my shoes
make a sucking
noise
when walking
across
the floor.
the windows
are stuck, swollen
with this
heat and rain.
I've got a penny
and a nickel
clinging
to my leg.
one eye lid
won't shut.
that spoon
won't leave
the counter, like
a bad sculpture
on
the streets
of Arlington.
even the animals
in the woods
are
plodding
through the muck.