Monday, January 27, 2025

give me the cold water

give me
the cold water, the ice
bath.
the freezing
dip in
the winter lake.
give me the chill
of the faucet
on a February day.
the icy plunge
in a barrel.
wake me up
from this doldrum
of grey.
run a chill up
my spine that makes
me scream,
that forces me to
be awake.

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