taking off the chill . . .
flickers of color
from the funnies

cold dawn–
bird feathers stuck
on the cat door

record cold
the flattened bubbles
of river ice

scrubwoods
a homeless man
at home

winter sun
the curve of laughter
down the tree-house slide

reflecting
on his distance . . .
winter moon

to start
        the fire
obituaries

my cough
scatters the waxwings
New Year’s Day

jazz
in the long, cool evening
the sound of geese leaving