freezing rain
broken glass breaks
frozen grass

the asphalt hoar
illuminates
my steam

another night sky -
blue teeveed windows
and i, passer-by

duskily lit
in the forest obscurity
form shadows

and the limpid song
of fast melting
snow

ideally

in the sense that the snow
in an unbroken layer
covers everything

as kettle boiled down to
a coat of char and salt
that will not scrape

the residuum
of a vacuumed
continuum

as in wham
as in bam
as in yes,
ma'am

this beautiful surface
i could study
for a lifetime

* * *

the villian of my story
eats egg sandwiches with cheese,
chicken, unhatched, and olives


* * *

starlight burned out
streetlight that turns on
just as i approach

* * *

the unwritten
unspoken word
i know what it is.

the warm exhaust
of this long winter night
and laundry steam

* * *

the entrenched labour
of never once, never once
shoveling my drive

perfect
streetlit
snowfall

* * *

the cold is calling
it will hold you, lover
lover, forever

* * *

below snow stars
body warmth strong

but this is where
i lay down
my mittens.
this is where
i take off my coat.
this is where
my shoes
my feet first touch
where i sit
where i lay
i close
my eyes

for a second.

just for a second.

just
for
a second

second.

* * *

1/867,400th of a day.
1/3,847,833,000 of my life.
it just took 130 to figure that out.

* * *

get up snow and dance
make this everything crazy
close it on itself