Friday, January 25, 2013

Coldest for a while


Ground breathes its misty vapor,

Touched by frigid fingers

Creeping out of its sewer hole,

On its threshold

Frosty with each exhale.

Black branches,

Void of color, brittle, hardened,

Holding its pillory standards

Until flow from up north

Attempts to jar it into movement.

Each mile driven,

Digits cascade down

To my destination

The gauge reads -9.

Easy to forget,

Sitting in the window

As heat from the sun burns on my neck,

Sunglasses make my eyes dilate to normalcy.

 

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