Heat for When You Have No Heat

by Lauren Rodrigue

WEDNESDAY MORNING
7:15 a.m. (alarm clock) Blow dry inside of bed

7:20 a.m. (alarm clock) Blow dry inside of bed

7:30 a.m. (shower) Do not blow dry

7:40 a.m. (post-shower) Blow dry inside of slippers

7:40 a.m. (post-shower) Blow dry hair, whole head, face, shoulders

8:00 a.m. (getting dressed) Blow dry inside of pant legs

8:05 a.m. (still getting dressed) Blow dry socks

8:10 a.m. Call landlord to report unworking heat

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
8:30 p.m. Duct tape edges of all windows while listening to Betty Harris. Feel like I’m in movie scene about living in city.

9:00 p.m. Heat comes on for ten minutes. Is insane orgasmic amazing. Almost cry.
And then like cruel, fleeting lover, heat leaves without a trace, never to return.

THURSDAY MORNING
7:15 a.m. (alarm clock) Blow dry inside of bed

7:20 a.m. (alarm clock) Blow dry inside of bed

7:30 a.m. (shower) Do not blow dry

7:40 a.m. (post-shower) Blow dry inside of slippers

7:40 a.m. (post-shower) Blow dry hair, whole head, face, shoulders

8:00 a.m. (getting dressed) Blow dry inside of pant legs

8:05 a.m. (still getting dressed) Blow dry socks

8:10 a.m. Call landlord to report unworking heat.

Lauren Rodrigue has a cold, cold heart, body, room, life.

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