options for a cold winter day

The Only Flag                                                   

Our mornings indict us.
I have seen it in your eyes,
stark as streets swarm
with sterile savages.

I have no one but you
& you none but me--
& Baby the mathematics of it
are frightening.

Let's go back to bed
lie down together
& forget our fears,
hearts pounding
to the rhythm of love

    & your flaming hair
our banner
for that brief moment.

    - William Hawkins   (  Ottawa poet  )

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