POTN 9

POETRY  |  FICTION

Washing the Dark

by Corrine DeWinter, art by Bridget McCoy

Winter makes an angel
out of you,
washing the dark
from your overcast eyes.
January is nuclear
in your lungs,
thinning air,
dissonant snow.
The daylight cuts you
open wide,
winks madly
and urges you
to rise.