Ice Hourglass

Duluth Warmbilt factory blanket
placed over his shoulders
after dinner cookie in lap
untasted
facing out the long
double-paned window
grinning hard
scaring the new hire
   A skull she thinks
waiting for it to melt
just enough
so the two-ton truck
  The crazy kids drove out
  onto the frozen lake
  stuck out there 
  all winter now
gets swallowed up.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Kendrick Avatar
September 21, 2022 at 8:47 AM
Surprise ending in this one. Way to go with this scary work. Sara
Brown Avatar
September 25, 2022 at 11:21 AM
Thanks Sara!
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