Ken Wagner

12-11-08

Bare black trees
Against a dimming
dusk sky

My poodle delights
Pouncing on his first
sheet of ice

Drivers rage
A warm
winter sun

Grey misty rain
Abundantly
dull

Cicadas
patiently await
their day

Revved motors
Those trees
are now gone

Smoke from
rooftop chimneys
Long winter chill

Frozen ground
Hints of
cat urine

Young oak
in the cold
Dried leaves remain

Road kill rabbit
Less shocking than a ripped
dollar bill