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"you are cold" by Constance Bacchus



whiteout near waterville on the way to work, on the way home, a tunnel



the road has disappeared, the snow ruts have smoothed &

cold, you are cold


go out of your

way to let

everything know

you don’t

care at all


& then you want something


mule deer are not trusting you & you saying why to their velvet & explanations


for you again


they run alone along white hills


consider listening/ consider falling


a voice in fog a

feeling of


of not being


it becomes a list/they become lost


& sad

& it goes on enough

that they leave tracks/ say

no


suddenly you aren’t quiet you call when you can


& you say why


& drag up some charm from a dirt basement

& the deer are climbing across more fields eating grass in snow/ consider grabbing a life vest

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