1709 c/o Meghan O’Connor

the great frost

and you
thought
that only
hell
would
freeze over

and you
thought
that being
home
was
hell

so now
God
played his
games
with your
words

and froze
your bed

and the
memory
of man
was
frozen,
too

and the
movement
of people

and the
gesture
of life

but death

death
went on
moving

like
the shivers
in
my bones

and
the last
flames
of light

and
time
as the
year
moved
on
and i
stayed
home

frozen