WEATHERING WINTER

Like an otter

Slipping so easily

So naturally

Beneath the water surface

To slither amid summer

Warmed river deeps

I slide into sleep

Couched in the warmth

Of quilt and coverlet.

Morning arrives

With sounds like ice

Shivered

Wind tossed

From frosted trees

The air twitters

Brittle with rude

Coughing mufflers

Newspapers slapping

Onto nearby doorsteps

Chill nips my nose

Sneaks tip toe across my lashes

Teasing me at last

To surface into morning.

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