Spring’s a week away
yet today--a blizzard
Schools are closed
Buses have stopped
Governors have issued warnings
Worriers have stocked up
on milk and bread
gasoline for the snow blower
deicer for the sidewalk.
Comfortable and warm
I watch clouds of flakes
swirl and pile up
on fence posts and
last year’s weeds.
All is still and quiet.
Then a flash of red—
a faithful cardinal
here to sing his matins.
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