The sun,
\nHarsh, unforgiving, on my face,
\nScorching my arms,
\nLegs,
\nEvery inch of exposed skin reddened, sore.
\nI spy the ice cream shop across the street.<\/p>\n
I enter.
\nI order a double mocha ice cream on a sugar cone.
\nIt\u2019s as expensive as any ice cream in the city,
\n(Really fucking expensive; like ten dollars or some shit).<\/p>\n
I exit the shop and lift the cone to my mouth.
\nI do so too quickly; the ice cream is already melting.
\nIt falls from the cone,
\nIt struggles to reach the ground through the heat
\n(At least that\u2019s what it seems like).
\nAnd my heart breaks.
\nWatching that ice cream,
\nThat beautiful, ten-dollar fucking ice cream,
\nFall offensively slowly
\nTo splatter on my pant leg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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