one long cat whisker
and then another
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before tonight's freeze
plucking four inch-high buds
of daffodils
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graveside service
momentarily halted
two geese fly over
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TANKA
5 degrees outside
55 inside, with ice
on the thin windows
layered and lap-robed
I watch birds out in the sun
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blackbirds in the yard
pecking among the crisp leaves
robins on the roof
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cat wiggling
through the barely-open door--
below freezing
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c 2014, PL lovepat press
