thaw

 

/colder questions and answers exist/out there in the great vacuum/maybe/old arrangements of possibility/possibilities even/slide on down this sliding floor/this conveyor belt/slipshod orderings and curated flim flam//

agents of chaos/agents of the tundra/kept frozen-to your place/left to thaw in limited sunshine of another winter day/languid growing season of a few hours//

these answers aren't for anyone/but you/waiting for feeling to return/to the extremities//

pick your poison/glug it down like the first hot drink you've had in an epoch/loud gurgling noises with the other poison sommeliers/a toast to the apothecarial vintage/some kind of death wish complex-maybe/let it fester inside/what was warm is so cold/so much time to live with yourself//

so much time to know it/all//