Modern Day Sun

 

 

Was the sun as hot as this

When I was still at work?

Then, it did burn a little

But it sure did not hurt.

 

Today it burns a lot more

And now it surely hurts,

My verdict is it’s definitely hotter

Than when I was at work.

 

I sympathize with all of you

That have to work in this,

To be honest, having retired,

There’s nothing about it I miss.

 

It drains you, upsets you,

And fills you with lethargy,

Today’s sun is hotter

And I must add, definitely!

 

Don’t tell me about my age,

I hear young ones cry out,

Not a bother when I was young

But today? Without a doubt.

 

 

Modern day sun is hotter-

I dare not ride in it,

Earlier up in the year I could

But no more is it a habit.

 

About twice each week

I have need to go into St Michael

And I must admit, my friends,

I really feel for you people.

 

I do not like air-condition

So, I keep my windows down

But I am beginning to think again

Especially when in Bridgetown.

 

So hot, so intensely hot,

You actually breathe hot air,

Yet the vagrants walk around

As if they haven’t a care.

 

Barefoot on tar road

Protected by calloused feet

Must be their preservation

In this intense heat.

 

I hear ’bout global warming,

I must admit, I haven’t a clue

So, I cannot say if it is false

Or if it is actually true.

 

 

Something is responsible

For this disproportionate heat

That happens in July and August

But in June it truly tweaked.

 

If this is any indication

What July and August will be

It would be better to stay at home

Or spend the days at the sea.

 

Heat is really my nemesis,

I do not handle it well

So, “rain, rain come again today,”

For me, that would be swell.

 

Modern day sun is blistering

Like it’s already hell’s fire on earth,

I cannot recall it being as hot

Ever since my birth.

 

If this is any indication

Of what hell is going to be

Then ask Jesus Christ to rescue you;

Thank God, he rescued me.

 

Stewart Russell © July 1, 2023

 

It’s So Hot!

 

 

Boy, ent it hot nuh?

Dese days hot fuh so!

It is like de sun in de sky

                           Decide to put on a show.         

 

Even in de shade it hot,

I mean, real hot!

Yuh have to take your time

Or yuh would drop.

 

Dis is not de same sun

That I grow up with,

At no time was it this hot

And being such a risk.

 

It could take your life,

I mean this heat-

I just feel for those people

Out there on the street.

 

Boy, ent it hot nuh?

Even indoors,

I tell you all who disagree

It is hotter than before.

 

I used to play cricket,

Tennis and football too

All day on the hot tar road

And not a shoe.

 

Yuh cahn risk dat today-

Not with this sun,

At my age if you was to try dat

Yuh know yuh done.

 

 

Sunstroke would get you

Follow by Belmont or Two Sons,

I tell you, mess with this heat

And for sure yuh done!

 

They telling me

That this is global warming

And that the ice cap is melting

And sea levels rising.

 

I don’t know if they wrong

I don’t know if they right,

I just know dat these days real hot

And they giving me gripe.

 

I does dread this time of year

With all of this heat

And as for people that work in it,

That can’t be sweet.

 

Here is a little thing

That I does do,

I does drink hot beverages

And so should you.

 

 

 

 

Hot cools you down,

I know this sounds foolish

But cold makes you feel hotter,

Is that your wish?

 

Actually, my friend,

Science is involved here:

Heat moves from hot to cold-

It’s the same with air.

 

You’ll drink cold forevermore

In your effort to cool down

And you will simply develop a belly

Just like a clown.

 

Drink hot on the other hand

And you will cool down

And better survive this heat

And this scorching sun.

 

 

 

Man, it is so hot

That I must repeat,

Uh hot from muh head

Right down to muh feet!

 

Stewart Russell © June 9, 2023