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October snow heavy on the ground,
on the cars and roofs,
on the bending deciduous trees,
on memories of children playing
in bubbled snowsuits
with red noses and steaming breath
--in past Decembers.
Shivers underneath thick coats,
and mandatory interior sweaters,
unable to fight off chills
from subzero fall weather
that grabs at fragile water lines
and pulls every bit of heat out
into the white, frigid landscape.
Chilled inside and out,
snuggled into blankets,
insulated from winter thoughts
with dreams of Autumn days lost
to snow falling in waves of cold fluff,
hiding orange and black decorations.
Halloween will come tentatively this year
with furnace raging and mugs of hot chocolate,
every child dressed as
the abominable snowman--
herds of snowsuits
wading through the winter white
in search of candy and warm toes again.
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Kerry Bennett holds an MA in Cultural Resource Management and a BA in anthropology. Kerry is restoring/renovating a Victorian house in the arid southwest where she lives with her two children, a plethora of pets, and the creative ghost of her unpredictable muse. She has written for local newspapers and won awards for poetry published in literary journals. She blogs at K’s Bloomin’ Art Garden and her artwork can be found at Kerry A. Bennett Fine Art.
