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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

bossy sled


how does it come down to snow? in the clouds, this crystalizes that
and who are these, bundled in their twenties and teens ?
walking around looking like stacks of cloth
if your face is poking out and pink
button up your coat!
if its a striped scarf, wear it!

i like john's beachy song for looking out at the snow,
like a funny mockery, a picture of a tropical island
tacked to an igloo wall
by an icicle
humming summer songs on the first snowy day
in my breath, this i see: when notes of the song i am hearing
are coming out of my face
frozen in front of my eyes
and looking for my friend
he's holding a smile back
a frozen face will do that to you!

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