April 2024 • The Sauna Winter

The sauna mysteriously closed one day. Some said the heater was broken. Others said they were fixing the flooring. No one knew what happened. Nor why it closed so suddenly. Noone knew when it would open again, if ever.






Yellow X on door

CAUTION and CIUDADO warn

The sauna is closed





I ask the front desk

When will the sauna open?

“In a week”, they say





If heater parts spoilt

Then why undo the flooring

Unless, oh. perhaps…?





the parts are delayed

sauna parts in high demand

we just want to sweat





Now thinking about

The physics of sauna rocks

Stones with entropy





Gripping news of rocks

Hot on edge of my seat, pray

haste; may friends have heat





I wanna sauna

but its under maintenance

vital, please hurry





expert nowhere found,

running out of steam sandclock:

ticking tick tock tick





I am so sorry

Here I take sweat for granted

Sending heat your way

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