Even the vines
of winter squash
have died this winter.
Sinking in—
footsteps in a frozen
garden.
Graying skies.
So this is what the new
year is like.
“January” was printed in Harvest Time, No. 5 of Inwood Indiana. Pick up the paperback from Prolific Press; the stories and poems published online are free to read here.
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