Midwinter Rain

 

Midwinter rain — it’s just wrong, it’s not fair

somehow, nobody’s idea of natural,

nobody’s notion of how Brattleboro

should be. Nature couldn’t care

less what we want, but wanting’s what we do.

Just last week winter got it right — the woods

were postcard lovely under fresh snow. Shouldn’t

we be satisfied? We were! But who

needs this? Midwinter rain’s a promise broken,

crows and mud and aching joints — this isn’t

meant for us. What next — fog, blackflies, drizzle?

Locusts, maybe? Frogs? Is this some kind of joke?

 

 

© Michael Fleming

Williamsville, Vermont

January 2013

 

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