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winter's squeeze

snaps trees and stills shivers

dreaming of spring

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no heat
for the second time this week
jacket and wool hat

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Temp's dropping:
The jade plant curses us
From the front porch,
Ice crystals piercing
Its veins,
The cat briar fumbles at the latch
With stiffening tendrils,
And its last life,
The sweet olive tree,
Clothed in wintry flowers,
Grins and stretches out its arms,
Inside, I turn another page,
My cooling tea.

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rattle in my chest
doesn't seem so bad today
considering

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winter weekend
with no central heat
thank god for global warming!
and for AirTech,
who lent us 4 space heaters till the part comes in
fingerless gloves
where r u?

111319b

today we give thanks
that the heater works
Arctic blob

111119c

at Kuiper station
summers get so hot even
Oxygen melts

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Rain tows the cold weather behind it,
or the front pushes the rain ahead,
either way,
like Mr. Horse,
I don't like it.

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we would explore
the inner system's huge worlds
even Pluto's much too hot
our ship would boil

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slow start
at these temperatures
only helium moves

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cold wind from the north
freezing nitrogen from the sky
helium goes walking

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winter's heating up
in this part of the world
space heater purrs

112018

in our caves
we turn up thermostats
and draw blankets close

111818

weak-tea sunbeam
barely warms my face
fucking winter

111718

sun shines on the south window
the tropical plants long for home
and to escape their pots
the refugee lizard
longs for summer

as do I
trapped in a crippled body
that is always cold

111418c

out of the cold wind
I watch trees attempt to flee
leaves and nuts fly

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how warm it looks
except for the poofed-out birds
her bright winter coat

040518

Earth moved to Jupiter's orbit
waiting for the sun
to go all red giant
on its buttocks
thawing air
by Jove's light
each morning

030418b

4 Kelvin
helium amoebae crawl
from the open drain

022318

drawing breath
waiting for the rattle
that doesn't come