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Days under a scorching sun
Muggy nights of restless sleep
Blinding lights
Unbearable heat
Starry nights
A bad trip

Saints and premonitions
Diseases and new addictions
Syringes and freedom
In a falling kingdom

Words whispered in the night
Lives shattered long ago
Broken pieces and broken bones
Falling tears
Drops of blood
Hearts of stone

Heaven and hell
Sinners and jesus
Love and a spell
Malignant and vicious

Fernanda Melchor, "Hurricane Season"