the shadow in the heat (20160926)

27 thoughts on “the shadow in the heat (20160926)”

1. “even my shadow sweats in the shade” — Oh, I have been here, many times. Perfect.

2. This is a sad poem for shadows. They can never sit under a shade or they’ll disappear, so they are always sweating in the heat.

   ~PR

   1. 😉

3. Ha.. yes this dry heat vs humidity I remember… I didn’t think it mattered if it scorched your flesh to bones when I lived in Phoenix…

   1. Exactly!

4. sweating shadows.. hmm.

   1. 🌞

5. This is such a powerful write !!

   1. Thank you!

6. The wet heat is a sauna, the dry heat a barbecue: in both the shadows sweat. I like the wry humor in your poem.

   1. Thank you!

7. It made me think that one could make hell worse with a little humidity. I liked how even the shadow sweats.

   1. Thanks! Yes, I’m sure he’ll is a sticky place.

8. That ending line gave me pause – sticky even for shadows ~ Enjoyed your take on the prompt ~

   1. Thanks. I guess shadows are by their natures sticky things.

9. You want to know what hot is try working in a restaurant kitchen in the dead of summer
   And it’s five to ten degrees hotter in the kitchen then the outside
   We used to wet a towel put it in the freezer get it frozen then wrap it around our neck
   That’s some hot
   The Sheldon Perspective

   1. 🔥🔥🔥

10. Your Quadrille has made my temperature rise, even in the chill of an autumn English county

    1. 😀 I’m glad it made an impression. Thanks!

11. ShaDow
    Winter..
    Florida
    Panhandle
    Fall… Not even
    A shadow last yEar…
    spoiLed FloWers color less..
    When Winter’s
    ShadoW
    FAils
    fALL..:)

12. Nice take on the prompt.

13. Shadows must stick to their masters or they’ll just be a stain on the sidewalk. That’s no fun at all. 🙂

    1. Ha ha ha. I like that metaphor. Totally stealing it.

       1. No need to steal it; I’ll give it to you for Christmas! 🎄 🎁

14. Oh that was good, literally and perhaps with a metaphorical interpretation as well.

15. Ha ha, well said!

    1. 😀

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