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the sky inside 
Uncle John used
to say –  
‘many are cold
but few are frozen’
clean winter yet 
raucous 
flights have
recommenced  
it’s as if sound were
light
the finger frost 
still hollows 
these voices through
the wall 
prepare for the leap
point ourselves up into
the hours 
everything steel to the
touch 
see window glint 
by curtain – day!
think
crack sticks for a fire
spare me the breath of
fresh air 
shake a leg to warm it 
in wool 
and under down 
by slipper
imagine a path to the
hearth 
imagine
others have had the
half year dark 
elsewhere the true cold
we’ll wimp through this
turn pages
though your fingers
freeze
stay snug tucked up 
with these ideas
a little wriggle warms
us all
enjoy this while it lasts 
 
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