justin wade thompson

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Heat.

 

one half of the sky
started to fill
up

with rain clouds

an old bearded man walked by
belly first
   with a plate of
bar-
b
que
           in his hand

GODDAMN FLIES he said.    yeah,

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SIT OUT HERE
IN THIS HEAT ALL DAY, WEARING LONG SLEEVES
AND ALL.

yeah,

my wife came home about 7:30

I'd put her computer in the oven, I told
her it was done
that I was tired of having
          the thing in my house, all the racket

she packed a bag full of things

only took a minute
and then she walked out to the car

I followed her, grabbed the keys

that's not YOUR car, I told her.

FINE, she said. and she walked out into the rain,
eyes red of fire and rage. woman's rage. the worse
kind.

the rain had kinda cooled things down, blocking out
the sun.

I was glad for that.