Right Now!

I sit - wood fire cozy - in my favorite chair

Looking out at a snow buried back yard.

Old gray snow

Littered with pine needles, small branches, leaves -

All the detritus of Winter's storms.

Picnic table upside down

Leaning against a boulder

Keeping punky feet dry.

Maybe one more season?

Hammock frame's splayed posts

Sticking up from the snow.

Blue tarp grasping the woodpile

Flappin' in the wind.

Pair of Ravens cruising overhead,

Hoping melting snow reveals some missed morsel -

An earlier victim of Winter's trials.