far from the living

as granite

5:00 am. November

On the panes

minus fifteen grow

flowers of ice

5:00 am. December

The morning stove is dead and

silent as the wood

of the frozen trees

5:00 am. January

On waking sleep solicits

another visit

to her summers

5:00 am. February

Declining he farts

lights the fire goes out

with his churn

5:30 am.