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The Summer of the Seventeenth Heatwave
“… then the waterfowl,
in silent affirmation,
chose me as their leader …
“… and in the summer
of the seventeenth heatwave,
I followed my dreams to where
the flowers bloom after dark …
Deija, the Martian Princess of Glass, was lounging on a chaise longue in her Dapto Castle. Her butler was nearby, drinking bluegas through a striped straw.
She sighed.
“There’s nothing new under the sun.
Is it worth invading the rest of this sorry planet?
It might all be like Dapto. This place
has infected me. I have a rash.”