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[dukealien]

iced in and cut off

powerless in winter’s grip

rain like razor wire

Having just braved an ice storm (yes, that one, but on 35E instead of 35W) this definitely resonates, sitting at home today and (obviously) tele-writing instead of doing anything useful. "[C]ut" and "razor" work nicely. I must say that "rain," though rhyming aptly with "razor," seems a bit off; "sleet," however, is hard to pronounce ahead of "like." You may have the best of it there.

Cut-grip-razor raises suitably unpleasant images of isolation-engendered suicidal thoughts - stay with us, Mark! Spring is just around, well, two or three corners.