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it’s cold today
the howling breath of god shakes the windowpanes
snow rising up as if forming from under the ground
rising, rising to meet me, fingers pressed hard into the frame
eyes stretched wide in abject wonder
this must be some grand end or beginning
this can’t be the middle of any story
something will be born of this oppressive snow or
it will come and swallow me whole

it’s freezing today
the freeze is cruel and threatens to uproot me
this storm is fear come alive
through the darkness the pole lights cast light bright and shadow dark
a blink and a groan
the snow is angels and demons in equal measure
the final battle ready to commence
or it’s a trick of the light
definitely a trick of the light

it’s frozen today
listen as the pipes clang and finally i hear a crack
the lights all around flicker and die
the radio stops in the middle of some sad piano ballad
it’s always a sad piano ballad these days
the remaining light comes from the sparking fire
the shadows more oppressive now, deeper and blacker
is the battle over?
definitely a trick of the dark

It died today
the snow has obstructed the doors
this lone window frozen in place
as the last embers of the fire go black
I think to literary heroes past 
like Ginsberg did so long ago
tracing the aisles of neon light thinking of other lonely men
I too think about Walt Whitman
It’s you and me old graybeard
it’s you and me 

it’s warmer here
the banks of the Lethe are faintly smoking
Charon stares his dark eyes
fixed on the opposite shore
the time has come: cross over or fight
if i go maybe Walt will greet me
maybe he’ll hold my hand
if i fight my hand will stay empty
as i wipe the tears from my eyes i see it
the window

It’s cold today
the whispering breath of god brushes the windowpanes
snow settles into the ground and forms a blanket
still, still, fingers still pressed hard into the frame
eyes stretched wider than ever before
this must be some grand end or beginning
this can’t be the middle of any story
something will be born of this cold dark time or
it will come and swallow me whole