Snow today

in #poetry5 years ago (edited)

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White beneath lowering grey
Silent flurries, only for a while
Neither deep, nor long
Soon to melt beneath foot fall

A suburban oval, usually empty,
is now studded with colour of small
children. Above each, overhanging
a small body, a large adult. Clumsy?
Cautious? This is unusual
happiness