Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The World Has Gone White Tonight


Snow

The world in this place has gone 
white tonight. The waves 
on the Atlantic have given
themselves to the Arctic pulse 
that's infused our section of coast. 

Crystalline confection, lifted 
on the currents that sort themselves
around the city's towers. Finding
a brick surface, the reticent grass . . .
the frozen breath expanding 
across the lagoon's shallows.    

Even the sky has lost 
its ambition. Let the city sleep
in heaven's pale mystery, quiet 
beneath the gown, until morning.
  

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