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April 16th, 2014 - 09:17 PM
Scene from the Road
The early snowmelt seeps into the low seams of the fields,
a sinuous sheen of slate blue weaving through a rolling sea of white
Islands of elm, oak, and birch, leafless, cast long shadows across the late winter snow
Cattle huddle around bales of hay, breath freezing into frost
A weathered, peeling barn is quiet, and a rusting combine lies idle
A silo stands watch over the outwash plains of east central Minnesota
A waning moon hangs low over the horizon,
and a distant white steeple is the first to catch the straw-colored light of dawn
Wisps of charcoal smoke rise straight and silent in the chill,
from a low-slung house at the end of the drive
Outside in the yard, the sodium light mounted on top of a wooden pole switches off,
and I wonder, what illumination comes from within?
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