Going Out in the Snow<\/p>\n
by<\/p>\n
Radiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Winter\u2019s ingathering, the lawfulness<\/p>\n
of falling snow, little avalanche<\/p>\n
when the white hare leaps from the snowy bush.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The morning when you clear<\/p>\n
snow from the doorway, and the neighbor\u2019s,<\/p>\n
the morning of thin, tin-tasted air.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Knock ice from the gutters, shake branches–<\/p>\n
cause flumps of snow to fall upon snow,<\/p>\n
try shielding a match in the lamp of your hands.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
This is your little portion of madness,<\/p>\n
this is the startling, baffling of the senses, this<\/p>\n
is the world holding its breath.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n