Ken Wagner

12-30-08

My pup
shivers
First snow

Black poodle pup pokes
his face in snow
First laugh

Bulldozers depart
An empty
squirrel nest

Nosing bubblegum
with hints of leather
Winter Scotch

I can’t see
you – Sun glare on
the frozen street

Stars above
He shivers
to sleep

Winter
My dog’s poop
steams briefly

Cattails under
a golden sun
Circling hawk

Gulls pick at
plastic – We belch
Christmas turkey

Cut trees
Browning
in a vacant lot