Cold Start

Submission to the Small Heat Challenge

By Jesse LeePublished 10 days ago • Updated 10 days ago • 1 min read

A truck that is froze

Waiting for warm air to blow

To defrost my toes

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Poems and essays about faith, failure, love, and whatever’s still twitching after the dust settles. Dark humor, emotional shrapnel, occasional clarity, always painfully honest.

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