She is so cold
She is so cold
Let me cover her
Switch off that bloody fan
She is so cold.

Memories of Saturday night
Flash and reply like clockwork
Neatly built and arranged
To surface in minute cycles.

She is so cold
Her fingers stiff against my skin
I try in vain to shake her hand
Unbend her painful grip.

The paper curled
In the heat of the flame.

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