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Lou stares out the windowclueless Ivar joins him there--cat FOMO
in the firepita charred logpokes through the snow
expensive to orderbut well worth the price:Hatch green chile
shoveling snowcarving a pathfor UPS
January morningsun glints off shiny spots--icy driveway
dark-eyed juncospecking the grass where i cleareda path for UPS
a frog's faceabove the waterthen gone
at the end of the roaddown the long tree-lined winding patha cat asleep on a stump
LightLife® Smart Dogs®air-fried by Instant Pot® Omni®topped with Raye's® dijonand Cains® sweet pickle relishon a Hannaford® club roll
orange cat in one windowblack-and-white in the other--deer tracks in the snow
we work in silencethe only acknowledgementan occasional touch
we'll meet up laterto watch a movie or a showsitting on the couch
she's drawing comicswhile I'm writing poetryeach in our own world
sitting on the couchcomfortably togetherwith my one true love