In honor of the sun-blasted hell that is summer in Phoenix:
Atomic blast; white light explodes.
Nuclear summer.
Spiny Saguaros arms beseeching
Mercy.
Sad doves on the ground hang their heads.
Pavement shimmers and sears.
Streets empty.
Plants shrivel in cracked earth.
Leafy flesh drops off.
Snakes and small creatures hide
in their holes.
Mushroom clouds with no rain.
Dust detonation.
Mutant black bugs emerge.
Fly and die, legs up.
Cicada chorus sings of doom.
A winged death rattle.
A cloud tear drops, then disappears.
A flash of light in dark sky.
Distant rumble, then silence.
A lizard skitters across a hot block fence.
Oven wind blows circles of devil dirt.
Dirty grey, distant mountains.
Desert city of hell.
Nuclear summer.
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