water

under clotted sky,
heavy with cream and gray milk
i drown my sorrows.

fragile is the snow.
melting softly towards earth.
kisses cold and wet.

suffocating snow.
muffled by icy fingers.
i plead for sunshine.

slippery the snow.
like a snake oil salesman’s grin.
without the humor.

the fenestration
clear from my demonstration.
murky vocation.

night is a sandbag.
drowning me in time’s hourglass.
thick the river, sleep.