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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The birch stands skeletal, counting each breath of wind like beads on a rosary. Ice thickens by millimeters beneath the creek’s hushed groaning~ a slow fist clenched around nothing. The fox pauses mid-step, nose tilted to the hush, letting the cold decide. Even the moon, pale and sleepless, waits without complaint for the earth to turn.
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