Friday, June 15, 2007

The Cold

Frost spat in my eyes
at four in the morning.
The sheets were clean,
but her lips are a puddle on the pillow.

I put on her stockings.
Now she has warm feet.
I thought she smiled at me.

They tolled the bell. Funeral rites.
I shall never again touch this body.

By Miren Agur Meabe

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