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The vicious rite of winter
       bites
And sinks its clammy claw
       through to bone
It paralyzes me
       like nothing – numbing my brain
I must leave it
       or die shaking

the end of my intentions

formed
      in flutes
where candles flicker
waxy table tops and wooden chairs
silhouette in blue air
floats
      our point of intersection