
Many things are true,
 I know this is, too:
there is no cold,
there is only
 the absence of heat.
Heat is a
 fluid thing
that has no form
except
 for life-saving warmth.
Cold only happens
 when heat is
 not there.
Cold is not a
 thing.
It is a
 happening
that makes the body
 shiver and shake.
Heat relieves that pain,
 makes you sweat
 (and sweat can be a nuisance)
 but
it is just heat
 reassuring you
 that it
 will always
 be
 there.

Philadelphia, PA

