overnight
the angels laid down a blanket.
it was thick
cold and covered the world
with sleep.
like thieves
in the middle of the night.
they covered the world
with oblivion
and the heart sighed
shivering
in a rickety cage.
the sky was as gray
as old man winter’s beard.
and the old trees
with skeletal bark
shivered under a white
shoul fingers shaking
at heaven.
overnight
the world was forgotten
and the sun died
behind inky blackness.
forgotten we travelers
skipping along the milky way
a frozen rock speckled
with crawling ants.
overnight
ice crystals grew
like white iron fillings
along my mother’s womb
and we were tossed at the
icy doorstep of heaven
covered with a frozen blanket.
muzzled with
the choking cold.