The Literate Season

In the Winter,
the wind spreads the clouds
West to East in blue and pink,
yellow and white strips
across the sky. Writing paper,
words fill the spaces between the lines.

Words fill the grooves
in the ice on the road and
between the lines of rabbit tracks
in the snow.

The children bob like bits of flotsam
on the currents of the street
and words fill the spaces.