Acclimation - Dec 18 2022

 

Acclimation

Dec 18 2022

The body acclimates.

Cold, that used to bother me

I now easily shrug off

as winter goes on.

Heat, I find less tolerable.

Perhaps the added energy

breaks my bonds;

like nuclear fission

I can feel the molecules

boiling off,

the over-excitement

discombobulate.

I seem more suited

to a state of preservation.

Cold works

for a man of my temperament,

moderate

conservative

prefer a slower pace.

Dare I say

frozen in place?

Not so much stable

as rigid

brittle

hard?

These days, though

the weather whipsaws

from flash-freeze

to sudden thaw.

There is no getting used to this.

Dress in layers?

Hibernate?

Relocate?

The changes are exhausting,

my body protests.