Tuesday, January 13, 2009

A Maple in Winter

A craggy old widow, she bends low
from the force of the old man howling.
She sways above her children
scattered round her feet. Sweeps
a snow crusted branch above their
heads, knowing someday she will topple to
lie at their feet and they will bend over her
in this wood.

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