Heat

I've been told yesterday's temperature in Phnom Penh reached it's zenith at 105º F (41º C).  At night in such a season you languish more than you sleep as Heat takes only the most shallow respite from it's maneuvers   Mornings witness ever more people slink into the office over-ripened by the early morning.    By mid-day movements outside are made with calculation and swiftness with cool A/C and cooler water as the usual goals.  Even as evensong arrives, Heat sticks to the skin.  The languishing continues and you look up to the ceiling through shut eyes and wonder how you ever slept and if you'll ever be cold and what did cold feel like and when will I sleep...?

No Sleep
Phnom Penh – March 2013