The kids may be back in school, but both the calendar – and the temperatures – still make it seem like summer. That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
Summer Electric Bills
a fun game to play
in this
the deepest well
of stifling heat
is
what else could we buy
for the money it costs
to not melt
in Texas summer?
July AC bill?
or
cruise to Mexico
August AC bill
or
a semester at Harvard
combine all summer electric costs
and whoa
whoa
you just bought
yourself
a trip for you
and all your friends
to the space station
or
you can just keep paying
those bills
cooling your house
and dreaming of the days
when you can pay
only half a million bucks
to not sweat
all night
someone please help us
make this heat stop
Produced by Laura Rice.
