Monday, October 15, 2007

Winter Awake



It was not a May-time explosion of dandelion petals,

hummingbird kisses,

a beginning and an end.

It was the taste of ginger on the tongue,

lovely and true,

burning away November wind,

a thesis statement

proving what could have lain dormant all winter:

black water beneath thick ice.

Scalding and brief,

a sudden branch through spinning spokes,

an embrace like

falling into bed.




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