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Poem for a Snowy Winter

Central Park, January 21, 2014.Seth Wenig/Associated Press Central Park, January 21, 2014.

Dear Diary:

The rosebush wears an icy shawl.
Snow continues to fall.
A crow on the lawn
Shakes off flakes.
Its sable wings glisten.
The wind dances
With bare branches.

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