Out of the Dead Land
Any month is cruel when everythingSeems to speak her name. I walk,
Navigating islands of grizzled
Thistles with months yet to wait
Before they raise their downy
Crowns into the silken Spring.
But already around me the birds
Begin to weave new songs from
Tangled skeins of Winter slumber.
14 March, 1999
Café Intermezzo

