You cannot escape the heat here is in the city
Humidity strangles anyone who dares to go outside
The sun is blazing
And water is evaporating
The heat is everywhere
It permeates every location
Not even the shade is a safe haven from this omnipresent
heat
You can buy a snowball
But it will melt within a
few minutes
Of stepping away from the
stand
You can go inside into air
conditioning
That only makes the
situation worse once you go back outside
Here in the city, we embrace
the heat
Albeit, it feels like your
skin is melting
And your hair is frizzing
Until you look like some
sort of demented bride of Frankenstein
Only in this city will
people be decked out in winter gear
And complain about the cold
when it’s 70 degrees
Down in New Orleans
Escaping the heat is
impossible
Which is why this city has
adapted to and
Embraced the unnaturally hot
temperature
In the city that we call
home
Elizabeth, age 17