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A Winter's Tale

Clutching a sapling
  no port in the storm
Torn from its moorings
  No hope to keep warm

A waif of a girl
  wrapped in shawl and waistcoat
She’d not survive long
  her voice stuck in her throat…

When the blizzard abated
  she was found frozen stiff
buried alive ‘neath a snowmound
  Mother Nature not a finger did lift

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Date: 4/22/2022 2:24:00 AM
Oh ouch! So sad!
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Date: 4/20/2022 12:12:00 AM
The weather can be cruel when we're not prepared for it. Tom
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/20/2022 2:26:00 PM
I'd rather see the weather warm up and ditch its sinister face, Tom. :)
Date: 4/19/2022 6:59:00 PM
A very sad tale…all alone where mother nature won’t help her out.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/19/2022 7:09:00 PM
'Nature' doesn't always nurture... 'Earthquakes, tornadoes, avalanches... Enough, already! Where's Spring?!

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