mercury is rising still turn the fan on high i won t step on my own shadow no one wants to cry someone put a pox on me i ll spit in their eyes summer turns to high with my bedsheet cape and sandals circle citronella candles summer s here the light is raising hopes and dragonflies if those hopes are overshadowed by cotton candy caramel apple summer turns to high summer turns to high summer turns to high summer high after wine and nectarines the fireflies in time move like syrup through the evening with a sweet resign i won t pine for what could have been i m preoccupied  summer turns to high summer turns to high summer turns to high summer high