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| As a cold front passes |
All that's happening and wind
the sound of it at night the buzzing phone
messages and messages and news
I hope to tend today to easy things
to routine joys that quickly can become
not so easy for so many or for me
the porch the mail
the firewood and the fire
the apple and the pear
water processed decaf
walks with trees
hot water on demand and soap
the game on the TV
and being still just sitting in the field
watching change slide over me
reading doing while I can
just keeping on
with manageable regret
as much as one can lucidly expect
pain free.
