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lazing with my lovesoft wordless winter musiccoffee and wafflesclosest fam'ly hours awayno pressure of any kind
light becomes darkyet my day continuesartificially
idyllic winterat once spoiled and enhanced --the roar of snowplows
postcard-perfect scene --freeing its inhabitantsrequires a snowplow
my world is nestledunder a thick white blanket --i hear snowblowers
snow devils danceone by one in the side yardtrees are sticks
nature finds balancewhile humans search for fairness --unnatural fairness
wildflower seedshand-sown before the first snowcold hardening
snow plow rumbles pastsun glints off fallen crystalsi see my breath
distant train hornmeteor shoots left to right --rural midnight
snow swirls through the airpeople huddle in houseswhile willow holds space
winter solstice dawnsi lie down as the coldnessdrags me into sleep
invisible moonradiates behind storm cloudsharvester of light
outside my windowa blackbird asks me gentlyare you okay?