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Published by Associate Editor on June 13, 2013. This item is listed in Issue 18, Poetry

A Wintry Fever

 

I feel the chill of winter
In the white marrow of my bones –

A wintry fever.
The cold winds steer through ice

Like an ax to wood.
I lay on the bed,

My pallor as bleached as death –
No respite from the long, wide

Cold of the night.
Love’s run dry but the moon
Cradles me like a great white Madonna.