Long hot summer night

The endless, long hot summer night
Full moon crawling across the sky
The whisper of a breeze in the dark leaving
the temperature hotter than before
and the room stifling

And sleep?

Sheets kicked off in disarray.

The overhead fan clicking in complex time signatures
Like a train on a track but missing a beat
Every four every three but with a buzz to complete
the full circuit

And round and round again.

Buzz CLICK CLICK CLICK
Buzzz

Slant the shades to catch the slight touch of wind
as it passes
Open the door to the deck and the night
So the possums big eyes can witness the droplets shrink and dry
the water from the shower - not hot not cold - now but memory

Buzz CLICK CLICK
Buzzz CLICK
Buzz

And finally
Sleep.