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A Forecast for More Snow

Kyle Hemmings

A canvas of overcast sky
                the incessant snow
a gig due at CBGBs
                and my bass player just quit.
In this room of drip drip drought
                a half-finished pint of Jim Beam
your jeans lying pell-mell on the floor
                my rug-burned wasted love.
I’m worried sick about you
        scoring tricks with married men
in hybrid or stalled cars
        a crescent-moon smile
upon your return,
        “enough for next month’s rent,”
you’ll say, wrestling your arms from
        a coat of tan leather, trim of white fur.
Tomorrow, you say, say, let’s build a snowman
        in Central Park, Christ, remember how?
But for now we’ll content ourselves
        to cuddle under a thick quilt
of dollar store wool
        transferring the warmth of a hay meadow
to a collapsible steeple of flesh.

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