#257 living cold
i\u2019m living cold this winter\ni rattle and hold myself\nclose piling on clothes\nlike a phantom embrace\n\nfingers sluggish to the\npoint of gross sincerity\nemerging from under\nblankets an absurdity\n\nremember this in august\nremember this in august\n\nthe house creaks oddly\nas ice crystals push their\nway outward into barriers\nbetween me and snow\n\nno complaint from me\nhands to my mouth robed\nin blankets a monk in the\norder of six sided surrender\n\nremember this in august\nremember this in august\n\nepw 1.2.08 perrysburg, oh