Titterings and teeterings

The weather teeters in Winnipeg
like the fingertips in the pockets.
It is necessary sometimes to take out the chapped hands
and to keep the knuckles in the wind,
for a minute, maybe,
feeling,
hurting yourself,
noticing how the strength of the collar ties to your throat,
under the cotton scarf, under the second scarf, under the fear,
(squeeze a bit more that blue scarf),
listening to,
at least for ten seconds,
not your alter ego but definitely your inner ego,
(squeeze a bit more, three seconds)
breathing from the top of the head to the tips of the toes,
exhaling the earth through yourself
(squeeze a bit more, five seconds).

Take off your boots, the leg-warmer, the stockings, the socks,
it is necessary, sometimes, to let the bare feet deep into the snow,
freezing,
hurting yourself,
not listening anymore,
breathing from the top of your brain to the tips of your extensor tendons of your feet,
exhaling the earth through yourself
(squeeze a bit more, seven seconds)

the red feet, the blue throat,
tight scarf,
exhaling,
(squeeze for a sec),
titter,            
fall.