Every afternoon, I sit and sweat
while my breathing becomes heavy
and my vision is misty
and I tell myself
So this is what hell feels like.
I’m not too old
just old enough to remember
never NEEDING
air conditioning.
When It was only for the rich
and privileged and now
it’s only for those
who want to live and breathe.
We die in winter without heat.
We die in summer without cooling.
The A/C even died in heaven
the clouds slowly disappeared.
Everything around
is slowly dying
Burning up
and we need cooling to live.
It sucks being this old
‘Cause I’m old enough to remember.