Haha love this. Very well done Brenda. Xx

I do think this is quite realistic, even though I don't experience them myself. Beautiful imagery in the small space you have to instill a vision in the reader's head with a Senryu. My only suggestion would be for an addition of punctuation.

The flush starts quickly,
hotter than molten lava.
Thank you hot flashes!

Other than that, great job! Em has started a site-wide Senryu trend, and I love it!

5/5
IdTakeABulletForYou

Hello Brenda

This is a great little senryu. Syllable count correct and the content is witty.
My only suggestion would be to change the title to prevent repletion in the last line of the main body of the work. Michael (Mr Darcy) always told me that a senryu is too short for repletion but that it can also give the all important punch line away too soon, in this case 'hot flashes'. Leave the reader fooled until the end, as it were.
He also said that the title should be a 'sneaky fourth line' (his words!). So in this case maybe 'volcanic heat' or something like that. Keep the last line as a little surprise.
Either way, your choice and a great senryu. Well done and all the best,
Ben

Love the new title, Brenda!

I was tempted to write that this amused me, but that would be entirely insensitive considering I am a man and am never likely to suffer them! Instead, I will simply say that I enjoyed this and you have my sympathy!

SL