2022, everyday words, Ohio River Valley Literature, winter

crawl space

it’s not just winter when the ceiling creeps lower :

cold sun shines through melting ice
floats on swimming mud exposing old tree roots avoiding the street the season hanging on seeing if we will slip but

inside the shadows shift, rub against
the top of the head. no, not quite concussed
but that can happen on any bright day, cloudy too

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