Air conditioning

the sands
and other dust
that in history
accumulate must
try the earth’s
precision.
Winds
chaotic
waves
erotic
from lands
blood-drained
with larceny
Switched
the inhalation free
for exhilarating
expiration
lost at sea.

Dr T.P. Wilkinson writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is also the author of Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..