288: Soup

warm

hands wrapped

heat

seeps into palms

cold

breath clouds

peppers sting

soft vegetables

reduced to mush

swallowed

throat burns

stings chest

warm breath

clouds the air

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Written by: Katrine Hjulstad

Instagram: @katrinehjulstad

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