Caveat: the January afternoon

(Poem #5 on new numbering scheme)

the sound of the wind
in winter
in the frozen leaves of the frozen trees
is perfect
the buildings trace lavender-shaded
straight lines against pales orange curls of sky
near sunset
nearby
there are boys practicing soccer
on the dirt
on the playground of Munhwa Elementary School
and their breath
snakes up in visible lines of white
in the January afternoon
the setting sun reflects
garishly off garish signs
off a building across the street
off in a separate place 
again the sound of the wind
in winter
in the frozen leaves of the frozen trees
is perfect

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One comment

  1. Bob

    This poem is beautiful. I assume, since there’s no other attribution, that you wrote it. I’m enjoying browsing your blog’s archives via the Life is A Dream category. I’ve seen most of the posts before, but I hadn’t seen this one.

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