The weather map seems to have burst into flame

We wonder if climate change is to blame

Perspiration pours down skin like tears

I’m in shorts for the first time in 20 years

The city roasts in a concrete sea

This weekend we await the 39^th degree

It’s too hot to move and the kids won’t nap

We need drinks on demand and patience on tap

But the thing that bugs me most, I fear

It’s even too hot to drink wine or beer

 

And we sweat and sigh, knowing full well

When la rentrée brings rain, we’ll all moan like hell.

 

N.B. la rentrée = back to school (or work or whatever) after a holiday, especially the summer holiday. It's rather cool that they have a special, useful word for that. I think we need one in English.