CENTIGRADE SIZZLER Cicadas sounding their warning, chorus louder than ever …

Hot winds,
high blistering noon,
discomforting duet

Sitting on lounging chairs,
on hot, reflective sand,
cigarette smoke floating ad hoc, 
validation via cell phone cacophony
within radius

Tourists and locals,
frolicking in water,
sharing skin with damaging UV rays,
realm of oblivion

Skinias
27 July 2022