Sunday, December 31, 2006

Winter

The child flits under eaves
underworld breath jack-frosting
leaves into windows, one pant
and then another, face a pleading
eyes do not utter


It is too cold here
There is frostbite for mittens
A silence devoid of cries, hope
Wasted expense of energy --


It is
too
real here.

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