Love Poem: Winter Baby, Blues
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Written by: Sally Eslinger

Winter Baby, Blues

Winter Baby, Blues

Oh baby you left your boots in Asheville where you 
didn’t even get to hike the Blue Ridges before the new 
year turned over hittin the drafty door just Iike
 
all the resolutions that come  the same every January 
for the frigid air that has to last two weeks straight 
or the fleas won’t die off so let the wind’s chilling throes

of cold tear your eyes winking at sparkling on all 
the icicles hanging from the house with some becoming 
quite massive as each noon’s sun allowed

a thawed drop or two to roll down though never drop 
to the earth just as the angels keep our dreams from 
being crushed under the mounds of drifting 

snow so don’t groan baby because you left your 
puffer coat at the airport when you ran to get on the plane 
where your mittens now remain under your

seat waiting to warm another’s fingers so 
then let me wrap  your scarf all around you with our plans
for hot cocoa and quilts to stop sweet baby winter’s blues