Jerman, Ashley C.

English

University of Montana

The Oval Volume 1 Issue 1 Article 26 2008 It's Almost Winter Ashley C. Jerman Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/oval  Part of the Creative Writing Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Jerman, Ashley C. (2008) "It's Almost Winter," The Oval: Vol. 1 : Iss. 1 , Article 26. Available at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/oval/vol1/iss1/26 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Oval by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. oval maGazinesleep or love like itframes our faces in armsbetween our good bodiesand the leavesspin my hair into yellow mittens //winter isn’t hard with you hereand I will split the woodin your grandfather’s sweater //in leaves that won’t fall so we’ll pick them //give them to the ground //warm the dirt before the cold comes in blue fingers we’ll build a fire to keep the sunlight beaming at youacross the roomwhen the window is open we’re too big to carry it //the open breeze that ripened our stale bodies is still with us now // lifting my curtains onto my bedwe breathe like trains:into maps and exhale stories of how we arrivedwith flowers woven into iron railsbehind usIt’s Almost Winter70ashley.jermanvolume ithe rails mergeany desert movingwith one dinerten cars eachand a phone boothis where I call fromto give myself awaywhen you need ittelephones don’t ring //on the roadis like your headand blankets like your storiesare true and lies sometimeslike minewhen our faces are safein our arms //I am at my station // I do not have wallsto keep us inside71ashley.jerman

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