Morning Snow

two sets of tracks

(1) meandering to the green underside

of decorative cedar shrubs

some small morsel

(2) meandering to friendship circles

neighborhood school

a bell rings

obscene

these truck tire tracks

I add to the tableau

Dispatch from a Breakfast Joint # 81

8 AM

iced tea and root beer

coffee snub

Dispatches from a Breakfast Joint # Firstfrost

hunched shuffle

"let's warm him up some"

brief respite