Chrysogonus #56 - cold craving

cold craving 
after Sarah Rice's "Cold" 

my thirst tonight
not from the heat
it's from the cold
under this blanket

a body departed
days ago, still
lingering, a phantom
sleeps here

space taken up
with great absence
just craving -
my thirst tonight

a glass of warm water
a fine thick quilt
these cannot quench
the cold thirst