All is still. The quiet gathering
of heat, searching in waves
for every corner and shadow.

We stop our lives and wait –
motor, pounding, playing
sounds missing from the day.

Here the dragon moves.
We long for it to pass us by
sitting in our dark and silent spaces.

Calm pervades. A great long breath
pours over our land and our thoughts
in slow and silent exhalation.

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Portland, Oregon – June 28, 2021

Today it will get up to about 115 degrees in Portland.