Trail, cleft
Kathleen Hellen
Atop the iceandrock—who knew
we’d reached too far to
one side of each other? how could
we? Cold
in our suspicions. Dressed
as snowmen
arms outstretched as far as
sleeves allow
the woodstarved season
lying in collapse, the snow in temperatures
degrading
the chill that leads to early freeze. To vultures
The proof in coma—
who knew
the nature
of the frozenwater?
The wandering. Our boots like hooves