The city rests torpid-
stilled with heat.
Now and then, a breeze lifts its veil of temperature
for a moment of
cooling
Between seconds, one gets a glimpse
of people walking calmly
going astray-
-going astray
when the veil lifts up
strangers are recognized staging
performing
just like oneself
in dumbshows.
I, myself, inevitably loathe the previous acts
realizing that also
my performance was
too good
almost perfect
to be true.