magpie in the middle
of roadkill
is

each spark
a distant campfire
winter stars

last zinnias—
distant geese
suddenly loud

first snow
on the sundial
early dark

no clouds
clear to the mountains
sweet clover

sleepless—
how late the birds
wake up

from nowhere
& everywhere
snow light

snow across
the windshield sideways—
twenty-five miles

hunger moon
on the wane—
dreamless

... OF DOG
the rest of the warning
chewed down

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