Cleve's Sonnet 02

Cleve's Sonnet 02

The window is open, so where is the breeze I so sorely need

Must I lie here, my head in the window in sweat gasping for air

Did I annoy the god of the winds with some unknowing deed

The heat of summer being more than mortal man should bear

I hear a voice, hey you, you with your head in the window up there

Would you like to join us for a tea or maybe a brew

I looked and two young ladies, one holding tea with a ribbon in her hair

The other with Falstaff in her hand and I knew the offer was true

I'll be right down I yelled, the agony of the heat now left behind

And I joined the ladies, I found the two were now three

And we spoke of classes and aspirations, of theirs and mine

And we sipped cold liquids, I sipped Falstaff I did not sip the tea

And thus the swelter of summer broke and annoyances turned to fun

As new friendships were forged and heat forgotten before classes begun