Ken Wagner

01-19-20

Red feather
Fresh white
snow

My steadfast companions
Moon, streetlight,
that lit window

His old coat
Heartbeat
gone

Lead collects
in the cold water pipes
Broken branches

We’ve got history
That damp skunk
smell again

Night’s frozen eye
Blue and white surround
a misty moon

That oak tree
by the creek
Look again

That creek
by the oak tree
Look again

Winter crow
Emptied
hospital

Warm winter day
All the birds
are chirping

Frozen branches
Low orange full moon
stares