12.08, New England

               from The New Ark Journals

It gets to you/
   us

this season brings
   such —

simply strange when
   we

amass hope so
   but

know how they go
   these

hopes or feelings
   try

against the frost
   trials

we recharge hope
   but

still scour the snow
   for

signs never there
   in

the snow never
   there

but hope’s snow can
   be

there or here if
   we

want some rejoice
   don’t

cover up our
   hope

or our snow don’t
   please

cover our snow
   hope

— Jon Curley (© 2009)

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