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Solar Energy

The sun is hot, and on our backs
we've oiled the skin -- human
solar panels turning heat
to energy.  Our cells are full
enough to power us to life.
We stand up slow -- the giddy
heat could waste us -- and
we climb the fiberglass and
catch our balance...
Shock of cold,
impact of skin,
sixty feet of blue slap us.
Up and off, over the edge
we play and splash, jump and dive,
until the shock is gone, and
we again, devoid of Sun, recharge.

--Barbara E. Prater, 1998