Overheated

The mercury is climbing higher and higher.
My body drips with sweat and burns with fire.
I feel weakened and unsteady on my feet...
all of this thanks to the late summer heat.

I mop my face with a towel, my skin turns red.
If I do not get cooled off soon, I will be dead.
My clothing is soaked, smelling of salt water...
it feels like I'm in Hell, seeing Satan's daughter.

I take off my glasses, so stained with steam.
I sip on some water, while craving ice cream.
To heck with this, I strip off my sodded clothes...
next stop, a chilly shower from my head to toes.

My dermal temperature is back down, my body's cool.
I slip on my robe and return--I'm nobody's fool!
I gulp down some ice water, cooling down my inner core.
Now I am ready for what the evening has in store!
--RKJ