KELSEY HENNEGEN
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I SHRUG INTO YOU LIKE A WINTER I shrug into you like a winter coat fished from its bin under my bed when the flush of summer fades lonely winds soon to lash my arms thread the sleeves shoulders edge as I settle into you familiar like you remember my body I zip clear up to my chin I could love you though I’m not sure I buy into all that it’s more that I’ve frozen before your care drapes over me snug and sure how could I go it alone you’re right here and ready— heavy bones a nervous heart kind hands and your belief in me I knit my limbs through yours make a knot of us against the storms let’s leave the questions for spring
Santa Fe Literary Review
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