Shiver

There’s a chill in my body.
It rests just between my shoulder blades and makes me
Shiver.
I take a hot shower, but cannot drive it out.
I eat hot food, but cannot drive it out.
I engage in hot love, and cannot drive it out.
So I ask it mute questions,
To which it responds in kind:
Mutely.
It only rests between my shoulder blades and makes me