Friday, January 29, 2010

17

i
gas stove's loud hissing
chorus over rustling snow
winter nights whisper


ii
i am not superstitious
but snow has voices
creaks and groans
and tapping songs
punctuated by
the sharp report
and the tumbling percussion
of falling limbs
i am not superstitious,
or maybe i am.

ht.

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