October 20, 2010

  • The air is blunt when I need sharp and
    it rolls around in my mouth too thick and
    it fills up my throat and I can't swallow and
    my lungs don't believe me when I say
    yes this is air we can breathe it
    we can

    but this isn't air; it is heat and
    water and worry and
    we can't breathe it.
    we can't

    and the heat isn't heat
    (really, it's not.
    you have to be here to know)
    and how funny that a country so hot
    can do nothing to keep you warm