The warm, windy day in mid-winter...

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          Getting the Mail

The wind whips through the white pines,

Roaring like a long freight train,

Coming down upon me

With the force of a driving rain.

 

Still the sun is shining

And the jonquils bob and weave,

While I hurry up the driveway,

Giving thanks for this reprieve.

            2/23/12