winter, untranslatable

 

 

 

 

snow forgets, also, in tiny increments

hard star after

                        hard white star

 

 

longing is pale / it whispers

                                   against windows (where I would speak to you, as you sleep – 

 

 

 

 

remember prairie grass, running water, saskatoon

 berries,            skin     

                                    skin

 

 

 

- Shannon Less