in the sauna

i'm writing in the sauna on my yellow legal pad
the pencil is dripping with sweat
drops fall off my nose onto the paper forming small puddle shaped no-write zones
that i must navigate around carefully     to reach my destination

  my writing    is becoming squiglier and some letters have gone issing
only a fain t recollection  of   wh  at might have b een

the next page is sogg   y too
real estate       scarc   e

   encroaching from the     south
the swift heel of my hand prints it's own stamp
   while the fingers   of the sea
reach up quietly into the rece ding m  ap

into           the   mangroves    and into the   f arms and valleys of         my land
the   cities and towns of my construction 

cvilizati n itself     and the s elf

     the tide is     rising
                  the sea is winning
            it's 128 degrees in here
         ti  me t o jump in t he po     ol

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[Lil'thoughts]

This was a good one. Loved it! Made me smile. :)