Winter Woe

Whispering winds of winter woe, icy branches bend and bow, catfish cradled in the mud, winter waters slow their blood. Scampering squirrels, fat & fluffed, chasing, leaping, playing rough, the birds are bent on staying warm, surround the suet in a swarm. Babs and Buster, canine friends, stalk the squirrels who torture them, they snort and sniff at gopher holes, tormented by these mining moles. In the western window, warm, the felines flourish through the storm, soon the sunshine's streaming in, thus the cooking of cats begin. Cloaked and covered, in cozy coats, we wait for Spring with hallowed hopes, to lay upon the dock again and feel the sunshine bake our skin.