Cold

by lonna blodgett

FLUNG
against the drab ashen phonon sky
WEIGHTED
with the ghostly iron clad jaws
of bitter winter’s grip
BITING
the feather-flared Doves
gravid with
FATIGUE
in the ill-laden onerous air
The rough-coated dog
with ice-tipped ears
COLLAPSED
in a ravine of surrender
to the corridor of street gutters
SEEKING
shelter from the toilsome icy cold- he
WALLOWS
as a fugitive of neglect
of his fateful demise
In this empire city
a sovereign shrine to humankind
VESPERS
of frozen conflict
RISE UP
from its bowels like sweat
LEECHING
from otherworldly gargoyles
stone watchmen
SEALED
with mortar
high atop the spires that define
FORTUNE
at its utmost cost
beneath these voiceless
STEEPLES
of holy crosses
PLAGUED
with soundless muted light
DRIFTING
through history’s
STRIFE
for equality
now a mere picture of its
FAILURE
as heavily cloaked faceless humans
TRUDGED
like blind phantom transients
SLOWLY
moving forward
through half-stacked drifts of dirty snow
as they
VEERED
further away from discontent
steadfast in their apathetic faith
as the grimy conspicuous yellow taxi
BEDRAGGLED
on its murky, viscous boulevard
STRAINED
and bellowed
as a labored oxen
TRANSPORTING
the few to a suitable destination while
DESPERATE
phantom sirens
from a distant byway were
BLARING
like a young animal caught in a trap
ECHOED
and purged from the
back ally resort of homeless, despondent people
HIDING
from the winter
LAYING
like pale-blue corpses
NUMBING
their pain with cheap wine
INTERRED
in their obscure tombs
of battered garbage bins
SHELTERING
their helplessness in this
SQUALOR
of ignorance and sadness

As I stood frozen in the moment
DISPLACED
in this cold and wounded reality
my icebound paralytic soul
SHUDDERED
with hurt
WAITING
for the sun

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Narrative of a New York City Winter

Cold

by lonna blodgett

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