Dormant
by Samantha Malay
published by In Parentheses, February 2021
https://inparentheses.art/2021/02/09/inland-and-other-poems-by-s-malay/
in the dream
he sees his sister in the kitchen
cigarettes and brittle words
in after-dinner light
a car idles
early snow drifts
between leafless trees
the house refuge and snare
