The winter wind smothers my heat, she cracks my dirty old heels, old raggedy walls, winter has beat. I scurry deep in my blankets come morn, knees to my chest, I snore and dream of eating warm roasted corn. A rooster steals it, bawling its crow, damm neighbour cock breaks my sleep. out of covers the cold gives my guts a blow. I flounder out of shower, clattering my teeth scurry to a coal stove like a roach to a fire, I want to cuddle the stove, take in hot breath. I don down my sweater, draw up my socks, opened the door, in came the cold to draw on me white streaks, same color of that north pole fox. I wheedle out lotion to cream my arms, olive drenched balm smells of nectar. I lather up my cheeks to finger tips, now dry wind blade can't do me harms.