My Backyard Birds

We’re having a heat wave here in Virginia.  The temperature has been in the upper 90’s all week.  When I walk out into my backyard, this is what I hear.  It’s actually the sound of Cicadas “singing,” but my mind associates it with HEAT.  (Cicadas are bugs that live in trees).  It’s a crazy ringing and creaking sound that seems to come from everywhere and nowhere in particular.  When I was younger, I didn’t know what caused the noise and because the sound came with the brutal heat of summer, I imagined that it was the sound the earth makes in extreme heat, creaking and groaning as it heats up and dries out.  I think I like that version better than bugs in trees.