insouciance in june

hushed
shrugged
preoccupied
prevail your ambivalence
avail nothing
opposing, for example, these record highs
storm free

cucumbric
pillow undersidish

heart beat unquickened
unintentionally rhythmic, naturally deep breaths
remember hermetics
remember without reminding
remind without remembering

sirens wail:
fires lit from lightning's strike
seemingly unceasingly
the storm must be circling the suburb
as thunders in
the change of season
take your cue instead
from the steady thick standing air
stoic, solid dispassionate atoms
composed not of apprehension or angst