poetry, dreams, and the body » empty http://rickbelden.com/blog a blog by Rick Belden, author of Iron Man Family Outing Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:18:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ ice house http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/01/27/ice-house/ http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/01/27/ice-house/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:09:31 +0000 Rick http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/01/27/ice-house/ cold weather is no innocent bystander
it stabs the heart like a gleaming ice pick
it peels back the skin like a fur trapper’s knife
it runs through the bones like liquid hydrogen
till steam comes out the nose
till fingers crack + bleed
till blood thickens + pools
till the house is empty at last.

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