Sips

Locked outside, hot sunny day
Thirst is growing, water leaving
Lucky it rained, skin was burning
Green thumb sore from digging

The lilys are booming, flowery
Leaves big as tropical bounty
Forgot the reason I’m outside
Sips to replenish, I remember

Dizzy wanes, it all comes clear
She sent me out here, my dear
Thought I might suffer the heat
But a clever boy never retreats

The way I said it struck me guilty
How she heard it was not funny
With a smirk, I submit and step
Outside in the summer...