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Johnny Zhivago
Poems
Mar 2012
On Being Cold
F r e s h e s t o f w i n d s , t i n g l i n g s k i n ,
h a i r i s b e i n g s p a t o u t a n d s w a l l o w e d b a c k i n
w i n d - w a t e r c r y f r o m t h e s m a l l o f t h e e y e
t e a r f r o m t h e t e a r - d u c t s t r e a m s t o t h e e a r
b l o o d b l i s t e r l i p s , f i n g e r l e s s f i n g e r t i p s
t h e c r e a t u r e t h e c o l d i s , l a u g h s a s i t w h i p s
a n u g g e t o f w a r m i n t h e p i t o f t h e a r m
d i g d o w n i n t o i t a n d s m o t h e r t h e p a l m
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