Wordle 54 & NaPoWriMo Day 29: Hottest Summer On Record

New wordle words for The Sunday Whirl:
lane, alley, sea, eyes
squander, accommodate, flocks, green,
follow, pewter, beating, intractable.
I do apologize; these words were difficult.



Hottest Summer On Record
The last light of day
seeps from the sky,
heat drains
the city's soul.

Moths swarm
haloed streetlamps,
pewter wings beating,
searching for the moon.

Alley cats roam,
hissing and angry,
green eyes sparking,
ready for battle in dark lanes.

Santa Ana winds
blow hot off the sea.
Exhausted, the old woman
finds her bed.

Sweat collects
between her breasts,
trickles down her sides.
Weary from life

she thinks about
squandered dreams,
bites her lips.
It is what it is.


Process Notes:
This could be Saint Paul in August, except for the Santa Ana winds. The closet thing to the sea here is the Mississippi River!