#242 outside, inside

Published: Dec. 18, 2007, 2 p.m.

b'outside\\nit was cold dark and still\\nthe snow frozen in a pose\\nit has held for two days\\n\\ninside\\ni lay cold and dreaming\\ni touched all the rings and\\nfolded myself in a chair\\n\\ninto every door\\ni was looking\\n\\noutside\\nthe moon\\u2019s thin grin through\\ntrees sillouettes of sleeping\\nhawks and doves play\\n\\ninside\\nit\\u2019s everything i can do to\\navoid serpents and the alarm\\nboth conspiring to keep me\\n\\nfrom looking\\ninto every door\\n\\ni was looking\\nfor a purple pillow \\n\\nepw 12.18.07 perrysburg, oh'