Cold Nights for Lovers

It's a wonder how hot the skin of a sleeping lover
feels as you slip in between covers
naked and cold;

how, at first, her hot skin burns and then cools
to the point you can sleep
spooned together;

then as you warm,
you find body warmth is not enough,
so pull up a blanket

which your lover immediately throws off…
another
of her many hot flashes.

Then it’s turn and toss.