Update Number 13

Penned while suffering heat exhaustion

somewhere in Thailand

‘A Yankee Girl’s Lament’

by Mary Lynn Maloney

Thailand is pretty

And beach life is fun

But it’s too bloody hot

With all this sun

The food is fantastic

The lodgings are cheap

But I just can’t get past

This *!#@&%* heat

I sweat when I waken

I sweat at noon

I stay cool in the water

But emerge as a prune

I seek cyber-cafes

Wherever I go

‘Cuz computers, you see,

Require climates like snow

The crisp climes of Ireland

And Scotland I crave:

Wind, pubs, and turf fires

My sanity would save

But tonight my skin swelters

And sticks to this chair

So I’ll make the most of it

With more Singha beer