Ken Wagner

02-08-20

Gaunt deer
The empty church
in winter

Smokestack plumes
The lost
argument

Promises
Slow leak drips
beneath the kitchen sink

Your last words
ended with a question mark
Wolf tracks

No snow
or ice
Street sand

Behind that
fixed face
Windshield ice

Season’s greetings
Hot gas escapes
from the ocean floor

Breakfast
conversation – Icy
river rising

Face frozen cold
walking to school
Multiplication tables

Cold gloved
fingers ache
Piano lessons