Podcast of "5:00 A. M."

"5:00 A. M." by Judy Kronenfeld appears in the 9.4 (Summer 2005) issue of The 2River View. Listen to the poem by clicking the title.

5:00 A. M.

mired in a dream
of dissolution: teeth
dangling, bones
crazed--then up
but not, bodiless
as a ghost of mist....

your gathering
arm, sleep-warm
around my waist
and the soul
condenses back
to body
and the body
knits