Thursday, December 7, 2017

10,263. WHILE I IDLE

WHILE I IDLE
The chickadee and the slime-backed
swallow can still be around for next
Spring, though I think they tire too
easily to just live in bare willows. Too
much to come and it's all yet before us.
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What shall we see as we walk to this
Winterfest : ice carvings again, and
those girls in thick coats, the big men
with their shovels and brooms cleaning
the surface for the players on skates. 
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What does an ice-fisherman fish for if he
doesn't get ice? Put warm weather on the
hook, my fellow, and see what it brings.

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