The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Hot, humid smothering weather... Why is that cricket chirping? We all go from air conditioning to oven. What could this be doing to our insides? I turn away and think of the dark forest, a dense thicket of greenery concealing a spring-fed pool, rocks covered in green moss, air as cool as the first night of autumn. I love the sun and summer. As a boy I knew the heat and humidity intimately. We slept all night in each other’s embrace. Now we have only contempt for one another.