WINTER SCREAMS
Michael H. Brownstein
Winter screams
The hard pavement soiled
Tendrils of silver birch
A last crown of leaf
great cottonwoods
Dried patches of river
A thickness of color
A wood airy as drafty rooms
litter of sunlight
The shape of shadow.
We sit on the large rock
winter's warmth
Ladybugs in the grass
The low croak of toads
The ground pumpkin orange
Mud and sand off blonde.
Look! Turkey vultures,
Large crows, pigeons
With scum on their legs.
Winter screams.
