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I Hate Summer (a tanka)

Man, I hate summer
And days of oppressive heat
Give me winter cold
I’ll grab a blanket, warm drink
And hibernate for dark months

Haze of summertime
Orange and yellow and mean
The world is baking

Are you ready for summer?
And days that burn bright and hot?
This year will be like no other;
fears of the virus are naught

Desert travelers slog in hot sand.

Summertime heat swelters, sweat trickles

down your face – wash those sticky hands from

the melting ice cream.