“frost”
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rooftop and fence
fodder shocks and haystacks
well house and chicken coop
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a weathered barn,
the front half of a broke down red tractor
lolling crookedly from its shadowy maw
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a rusted out old truck
held fast in its place by
tangled generations of
dormant honeysuckle vines
and a concertina of blackberry thorns
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wintering grass like a carpet
gently rolling down to a Sycamore tree
its whitewashed medusan limbs
stark against an orange-tinted azure sky
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all lay frozen
beneath a thick blanket
of sparkling crystalline frost
a landscape in etched glass
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cold morning breaks silent and still
save for the slow swirl of the grayish river
slipping stiffly between its frosted banks
releasing whispering white ghosts of fog
to lightly dance into the frigid air
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tlh 11/19/11
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