Beta blockers, heart medications, blood pressure pills.
My legs feel swollen and dropsical.
Throbbing.
While out having a short smoke a fellow I knew passed by. Slowly, almost collapsing.
"Terlalu panas hari ini."
"Panas sekali."
[Amsterdam Dutch for "lovely weather we're having, isn't it?" "Indeed, California has a splendid climate, so much better than New Hampshire or Connecticut." "Verily."]
"Oh lihat, ada selelaki yang telanjang."
My body temperature ranges between 96.5 and 97.2. Amsterdam at this time is high fifties to low sixties. Sounds lovely, doesn't it? Perfect for a walk with a pipe.
Both of us are used to colder climes.
North Beach, San Francisco, in early July.
"Terlalu panas hari ini."
"Panas sekali."
[Amsterdam Dutch for "lovely weather we're having, isn't it?" "Indeed, California has a splendid climate, so much better than New Hampshire or Connecticut." "Verily."]
"Oh lihat, ada selelaki yang telanjang."
My body temperature ranges between 96.5 and 97.2. Amsterdam at this time is high fifties to low sixties. Sounds lovely, doesn't it? Perfect for a walk with a pipe.
This is a pipe.
As is the lelaki yang telanjang.
Can't run around in my underwear, because in this heat I damned well can't run, barely even stumble, and I live with someone. My apartment mate would be shocked.
I feel like crap, but I look decent.
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2 comments:
Heading into a cool spell in Boston at the moment. Doesn't matter, I'm an old spinster and I couldn't give a good goddamn what these nasty self-described "Massholes" get up to down in the streets of Somerville. I'm perfectly content to sit at my computer, type up submissions to The Sewanee Review, admonish my cats, chain-smoke Marlboro Lights, and sip on a pitcher of French 75.
An unknown commented in my letterbox: "You might find that an ACE inhibitor in combination with a diuretic will solve the problem of discomfort in heat and edema. That worked wonders for me."
Sounds promising. I'll research that. Thank you.
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