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Sam Flot

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Waiting on A Winter by Sam Flot



Waiting On A Winter

The sun breaks
Through the horizon’s daystorm
Southerly confident northerly not
Rain falls in buckets until more wind moves this storm along a bit
The birds are undeterred
Everything is soaking up the rain
The conifer trees, the tall grass, the blackberry brambles
The woodpile, the gutters and the goldfish pond
This earth is a sponge ready to receive
A sustaining stormy winter
A crashing ocean on headlands
Spraying wet winter feedback
Onto the ice plants and the burnpiles of skotch broom
As the rain falls harder and most humans hunker
On this coastal El Nino afternoon
As this Pacific Storm pacifies this bone dry landfall
Spreading far and wide across the land of the drought
Eroding, yes, but what choice do we have
When Mother Nature’s whimsy catches a breeze or doesn’t?

All the cycles are cycling and
All the circles will complete themselves
As the hard rain falls on soft mud
As the tough yet tender humans hunker down
Waiting on a winter like never before

12.20.2015
Caspar
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