Of violation (the snow),
the boys had pits
in their secret stomachs,
(adagio) wrapped in gauze.
“as he care-
lessly stroked her long hair.
Very probably he forgot th-
e premise almost as soon as
it was made.”
All is all in wrath, a dagger
sunk in red-heron-breast.
The boys had fits (of laughter)
after snow. After.
Simone Claire Harms is a poet. She lives and writes in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.