Summer night

The opalescent moon

glides across the black velvet sky

Bright white marble eye

peers through my window

A pale light filters through the darkness

and falls upon my restless form

As the days heat is enveloped

within the chamber walls

I toss and turn

in the uncomfortable warm stillness

until the night wind

follows the tendril of light

with a soft cool touch.

Aug 14, 1990 (untitled)

(Hmm... I just checked and I've used the title "Hot Summer Night" twice. Once just a short time ago and last year.)