Falling into Winter’s Passing

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1–2 minutes

In lazy rain, slow snow,
rust begins . . .
evi­dence passing.

Just now
I am stand­ing where, months ago,
acorns fell on me like rain.
In unwound­ed won­der, I now
see slow cars make scars
in snowed streets –
pass­ing.

Everything mat­ters for a while.
Spend it.
Testify
like a song sung once,
all at once,
slow as rain
or lazy snow passing.

Our fast eyes-ear,
some­times
hear
sea­sons
pass­ing,
melt­ing away
one nut at a time.

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