the shorter cold days
shiver under wet blankets
and watery suns.
Haikus
shepherds shivering
a kind word
warmer than wool.
in sheep’s clothing.
black scab
deep black sky
pricked and bleeding.
shards of glass.
ruddy nose
a season of joy
amongst impatient anger.
black boots and red clothes.
disjointed limbs
broken limb and bark
bent in winter’s stark cold light.
my arthritic bones.
sputtering
clean install of mind
doesn’t make a faster brain.
synapses stutter.