Root Cellar

Is it okay now to unplug
disconnect, shut down the grid,
turn it off?

Will the last person
please turn out the lights
and shut the door?

Yes, turn out the lights
even if the party isn't over
(it needs a breather)

Okay, now? That you are gone?
Because this feeling isn't good,
isn't horrible, isn't death

That's the problem:
this feeling isn't anything
and that may be worse

Winter's coming, smell the ice,
root cellar is nearing empty
while the door bangs in the wind

Cold earth sucks up the warmth
There in the damp, while in the twilight,
a hungry heart gnaws itself to sleep.