Winter's Wantonness

Wind shimmers the clumped
remnants of autumn's first snow
dotting the green yellow and orange
hues of the mountain...
I notice the wounded
casualties all along the road
severed limbs of trees lie
broken from the weight of white
come too soon to burden
leaves not yet ready for the fall...
testifying like so many
silent witnesses to the wantonness
of an impatient winter wanting
anxiously to arrive............


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