Thursday, November 13, 2014

Natural (thought I) -- a poem.



Natural (thought I)
As I walked,
My breath a frozen stream,

A plastic bag rushed
Past in the north wind.

Its limp surface rustled
In the frigid breeze as it
Hopeless surrendered
To the frigid breeze.

Natural (thought I)
In consequence of nature,
To let it pass me by.

A plastic bag rushed
Past in the north wind.

I stretched my protesting fingers,
Shivering in resistance, and
Snatched it,
Shivering in resistance, away
From the grasp of the wind.

The east wind howled in hunger.
Who are you, it growled,
To interfere with nature?

I shoved the bag into my pocket,
And walked on.

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