freezer love poem

i crawled into the snowfall 
to be a girlfriend. 
let's dress in our furs. let's
light a fire for the ancestors.
i eat my life
in freeze frames. a pirogue 
palace. you used to 
drag me by the hair. i used to
laugh about it. opening the door.
a portal into your family portrait.
gust of frigid air. during
the ice age we were kernel
of catastrophe. a saber-toothed
tiger's fury dream. 
hunting a tongue to keep.
once when the power
went out we burried
our wedding rings
into the snow outside
to keep them from melting.
broccoli forest. wolves 
we both secretly feed
the good meat to. when we kissed
it turned amphibial. 
breathing on a frog
to bring it back to life. 
no more room inside
the salvation room. it's just
for the chicken fingers 
& your polaroid camera.
picking me up, you promised
we would have a honeymoon. 
instead, you closed the door
& i had to eat mango popsicles 
to survive. my blood turned 
into playgrounds. 
i thought i could keep going.