
safe within thick shrubs
the twittering of sparrows
not caring who hears

safe within thick shrubs
the twittering of sparrows
not caring who hears
far away from home
spirits of the ancestors
touring foreign shrines
massively cold air
over the warmer water
rising fog and snow
gratefulness can come
for not much – at the right time:
windshield washer fluid
dark and dreary day
the miserable drizzle
turning into ice
in and out of the water
the geese don’t seem to mind much