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LAST DAWN IN JANUARY
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Dawn cracks like thin ice~
January’s icy breath still claws
through the naked bones
of the maple tree
A single grackle, black as coal,
drops a single note into the cold.
Frost-etched windowpane~
a spider's thread trembles, gold
in the newborn light.
The world holds its breath, then sighs:
the last January dawn is here.
Frost scratches the window~
dawn cracks like thin ice, bleeding
pale January light.
The heater still hums its wintry hymn,
while night still clings to my bones.
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