the heat is oppresive today. weighty, like a hunk of meat on your face. it sits there, your viens throb, your vision echoes and your skin is like an iceberg melting in the sun beds of glacial water rolling down your cheek and splashing gayfullly on the cool tile floor below like an olympic diver cascading end over end into that crystal clear video monitored water during which the panel of international judges will be critiquing every flinch every drip every twitch of your body as you sit waiting out the heat the humidity the class and the questions.

you look up at 530, class is over, your dive was good, you won a medal, but it doesnt matter because you are still bathed in sweat and will be for hours.