Hot as Hades – A Quadrille

Hot as Hades The temperature spikedIt was 110 degreesA sweltering heatand still no sign of a breeze   Flies on the skinsucking body sweatDogs panting loudlyRaindrops not a threat    Overweight citizensfanning themselves furiouslyToo tired to speak andGoing nowhere dubiously   Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©In response to DVerse Poets Monday QuadrilleHosted by De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo)The prompt was “Spiked”AContinue reading “Hot as Hades – A Quadrille”