Winter Afternoon - rengay

            math class
            I count each snowflake
            on the window*

            the whiteness of snow—

            my car needs a wash

            between my pickup
            and the school door
            ice slide

            end of shift—

            the postman carries

            a pair of skates

            an empty rink—
            the splayed paws of an old dog

            deserted square—

            the scent of mulled wine

            fills the emptiness

            

    *This verse first appeared in Abrosia: Journal of Fine Haiku,

Issue 2 — Winter 2009

Jacek   Robert

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