Morning Lament

Winter lies too long… — Willa Cather

We awoke

to a northerly wind

lamenting outside

of our house,

a somber song

of winter

wailing

against 

our walls,

and we 

wondered

how much

longer

winter 

will lumber

here with us.

—C.L. Fisher, February 2022

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