Been Cooler Recently

Its been quite cooler recently - well cold enough 

to make extra layers seem they’re a proper part 

of the early-morning atmosphere; when it’s said 

‘cold toes’ prejudice prospects of feeling there’s 

comfort a-bed & I wouldn’t disagree, so rising to 

a freezing bathroom pragmatically suggests the 

early shower can be delayed later - until need’s 

identified - be it Saturday through Wednesday 

Indeed, it wasn’t calculated deference to water-

saving strategies - we don’t have a town supply 

to get by on - & water-wasting earns no graces 

out here where the creeks are winter-dry; tho’ I 

won’t use that excuse - I hadn’t raised a sweat 

in a week - still yet to get hot & bothered, okay 

And there is the irony; it may just be my super-

dry deodorant astronomically suppresses hints 

there’s something on the wind - or perhaps the 

changed lifestyle thus wins applause this way; 

all I can say is I’m freed by Mother’s edict of a 

bath a week’s considered the minimum need 

© 25 May 2016, I. D. Carswell