summer

At daybreak

when the curtain rises

the yellow soprano

double-dip diva

hips the stage

all glitter-gold glitz

belts her biggest aria

sizzling coloratura

bellows white-hot

high as a blowtorch  

the crowd takes note

here comes trouble

today is going to be

a scorcher



Tess Kincaid
July 2011

Have a safe and happy July 4th, my friends. x

image:  Wheat Field with Rising Sun, Vincent Van Gogh, 1889