Winter Withers
…… its way into the woods
and waits….and wonders….and watches
until…. No-one is looking.
Suddenly, an ally boorishly introduces itself,
an iced-sliced wind to quiver-shiver
the woods’ most tender saplings;
to shudder the aged evergreens
with sharpened, encrusted crystals
sandpapering the toughest, roughest bark.
Weather warning complete,
Winter then crunches forward,
cold shouldering its way through the night
to finally rest against a solitary,...
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