Tag Archives: heatwave

Thinking about War

Posted on 2025-06-23 by Bartholomew Barker

They keep it cold in the skyscrapers so the old men can wear their suit jackets. I escape into the real and heat seeps into my skin revealed by rolling up sleeves and relax in untamed air. But delicious thaw … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Thunderstorm

Posted on 2021-05-28 by Bartholomew Barker

Heavy humid heatScraped from exhausted leavesSummer thunderstorm

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The sun’s no hotter

Posted on 2021-05-25 by Bartholomew Barker

The sun’s no hotter It’s just the atmospheresoaking it all inlike a pasty beach bodywith no SPF Burning We slept too longskin red as a tornadoon doppler or a lobsterboiling in a pot This is the inheritanceof my angry children—blisters … Continue reading →

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