one of great travail
where no work is done
still poses a tedium.
Exhausted I turn,
with sweat in the forehead,
perspiring with a sigh
as the sun draws to noon.
The skin becomes dry
Hands and feet give up
I am fallen. Trodden
by the extreme heat.
Air conditioners, fans
prove no match to the warmth.
Forecasts say this will continue
for few more days.
It will be dog day,
I drink pot full
bathe thrice, I cannot
smother the parchment.
As age catches up
the rigour is unbearable,
I stand without ease
no other way I could,
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