mmmmmccxxxv

snowball

in hell
we like the
cold snaps

it’s not like
toledo or
boston

and
truth 

be told

it’s not
really
even

what
might be
called a

respite—
it is hell
after all

but some
times with
a little bit

of focus
especially if
it’s a part

icularly long
and gnarly
day (and all

days are
as equally
long as they

are equally
gnarly 
and

hellishly 

hot) one can 

almost—

i mean this
takes a LOT
of energy

more than a
citizen of
hell might

muster
truth
be told—

if one
were to
focus

hard
enough
to tilt the

scale just
a bit in one
way or the

other. . . .
well. . . .
one

would not
be in hell
would they?

the blisters
from the
burning

baseballs
dry 

solidly

into
stone hard
callouses