the_air_is_sultry
Irving Layton Page 34
The
air
is
sultry
:
So
is
my
soul
.
The
coffee
is
bitter
.
So
are
my
thoughts
.
The
cigarette
is
stale
.
Ditto
my
emotions
.
Theres's
a
filthy
gold
in
the
wall
.
There's
one
in
my
heart
.
It
is
going
to
rain
.
The
rain
can't
help
me
.
My
darling
has
run
off
with
another
man
.
Who
cares
?
I
hear
her
knock
on
the
door
.
She
brings
me
suffering
.
She
tells
me
she
loves
me
.
I
tell
her
I
adore
her
.
The
air
is
sultry
.
So
is
my
soul
.
130522
...
Doar
layton.
130522
...
unhinged
unhinged_in_honolulu
the
air
there
presses
on
you
the
moisture
the
salt
the
flowers
the
night
in
waikiki
is
sticky
palpable
130523
...
epitome of incomprehensibility
You
are
in
Hawaii
?
That
sounds
like
a
place
to
be
.
I
don't
know
if
I'll
have
a
real
vacation
this
summer
.
I
was
in
the
Laurentians
for
a
couple
of
days
(...
silly
Canaduckians,
going
to
colder
places
instead
of
warmer
ones
,
eh
?
but
the
woods
are
beautiful
...)
130524
...
e_o_i
...
or
"
were
,"
not
"
are
"?
Never
mind
.
I
temporarily
forgot
that
memory
exists
.
130525
...
unhinged
oh
no
problem
honey
;-)
these
days
i'm
more
often
unhinged_in_san_francisco
since
my
brother
relocated
there
from
hawaii
awhile
back
i
couldn't
live
on
oahu.
too
tiny
and
sunny
has
irish
sun
/skin
sensitivity
130526
