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there's a storm comingshelter in place until dawn --squirrel in an oak tree
in the carriage housea pile of flattened boxes --winter home for mice
driving fast enoughthrough pouring rainwith no wipers
after far too longdiscovering life's secret:more black pepper
Die Hard 2McClane stabs Baker through the eye--icicle
Amish in buggiesclip-clopping toward Oakfield --last Sunday of the year
sitting not thinkingno sounds outside my ownzero obligations
snow cannot decideto stay or go -- so it staysand goes and stays and ...
freshly cut maplepopping and smoking but warm --keeping us alive
wife's office partyopen bar, too much bourbon --"My name is Steven..."
loving familythree generations --resilience
red squirrel dartsover the snow to the eastern pinepauses halfway up
wind bell predicts stormstrees bow slightly dropping snowboiler heats its pipes
lying in the snowseemingly warm and content --Aroostook bison