Poem: The Air Tonight Is Cold

The Air Tonight Is Cold

and there is no quiet inside

and not a place to sit out here

that isn't too wet for comfort,

so I am standing about

out here, out with the wind,

the chill, the winter.

Soon I will return

to the warmer climes

of my home,

I am choosing to enjoy

what will be denied me,

even if it is only 

the shiver of my flesh.