Monday, March 30, 2026

Melt

ice recedes

the solid white

pocks, goes white to gray

gray to film to puddled

puddled to lace

between river rock bottom & ice top

a melt hole grows

a dark space shows

cold winter air

ice above, water below

silent ice loosens to chortling water

yellow pebbles

water-churned rocks & stones

melt hole joins melt hole

ice recedes

land wears no more snow

no more winter

river water as cold as ice


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