after the ice melts
roads flood with red and white streams
undammed frustration
after the ice melts
roads flood with red and white streams
undammed frustration
ragged winter sky
broken v formation stalls
year’s last days straggle
rabbit in winter
seeking unlikely cover
last ice storm’s debris
winter gray skies
albatross goes winging past
then boomerangs back
gloomy winter morn
accepting impending doom
free to live at last