POEM

Heat Wave

by Samuel Menashe

Samuel Menashe
Sheets entangle him   
Naked on his bed   
Like a toppled mast   
Slack sails bedeck   
At sea, no ballast   
For that even keel   
He cannot keep—
No steering wheel   
As he falls asleep

This poem originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Poetry.

September 2004 issue of Poetry Magazine

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