SEASONAL MAYHEM

Across George Square bare

skin sizzling: not drowning

in high factors.

Here, summer lands

like a sledgehammer.

SURPRISE!

Drop everything, Glaswegians

desperately seeking brown

burn red.

Hospitals prepare

people swear – Never again.

How many degrees?

Blisters glisten

skin dries and peels

to squeals of pain.

Bra-less and free

goose-bumps, fever

just in time for autumn.