Languid New Orleans Time.
It is too humid to move quickly. The clouds are sunset pink. The world will soon be dusk, then dark. The temperature will not drop. We live in the sub-tropics.
The porch lights set on timers are lighting up at the shotguns, the double shotguns and the camelbacks in the back. Cicadas have started their song. It is not yet dusk. Time eases its way. …