The air is still. So still I can barely hear the crickets chirp. The window is open wide to the sultry night and somewhere far down the street a dog barks. It must be midnight. Every now and then, the faintest, coolest breeze kisses my skin. The leaves sigh.
Softly he rests his hand on my arm.
“Don’t. Touch. Me.” My lips scarcely move. The words are a flat monotone in the dark.
His amused chuckle fills the heated space between us, and he rolls over.
It’s too hot. Too hot to touch. To be touched. Too hot to think, to exhale, to remember if I turned the dishwasher on. Even the whisper-soft breeze has stopped. It’s too hot to sleep and I feverishly wonder what tomorrow will bring. If it ever comes.
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The sun scorches the trail we’re walking on, and a spotted lizard darts under a bush…
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