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Summer

~The hot summers that make my skin sizzle
With the sun that exposes the melanin under the melanin
Windows down, AC on, an ice cold sweet tea
these are the only weapons available to me
the tools that wage war against the heat
It's only in this battle that I feel alive~

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Philipos

Fri 27th Mar 2020 19:57

That is very evocative of a hot summer experience. ?

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