50 Trips Around the Lake, #5
last day of warning winter skips spring
calls for summer

buds still unburst
observe lake free of ice
where wind-swept water and
sun, reflected,
dance

moon waxs gibbous
above blue winter sky
unperturbed by the wind
but leaves piled loose and dry
rattle and shake
surprised they’re not frozen

gulls plotted on the lake
like map coordinates
in an imaginary land
where birds rule
and bald eagles
meld with the wind

winter waits for us, tomorrow,
on the first day of spring

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