scrape sound of metal against concrete on repeat
fingers frozen but warming
this shoveling rhythm
echoing down the block
in the midst of this
single-digit morning
(in the midst of a week of single digit days)
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from our table at ha long bay restaurant
after we consumed the curry puffs but before our entrees appeared
out the window, a red fox
moving how a red fox moves
(not quite bouncing and not quite dancing
and not quite scurrying but certainly stealth)
from one side of baldwin to another
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a go-around of our chinese zodiacs (element and animal)
reveals us as:
a metal dragon
a water rat
a wood rabbit
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i’m not normally like this dacquiri says
lamenting his three-doughnut stomach
over a plate of curry-fried rice
in the headache haze of a 2014 hangover
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coconut sweetness
drifting from the kitchen
as debbie’s macaroons
(with toasted walnut, almond extract and chocolate chips)
bake
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each of us under a blanket
mollie asleep on one couch reading rubyfruit jungle
debbie asleep on the other reading belong: a culture of place (bell hooks)
and me, awake and about halfway through zami: a new spelling of my name (audre lorde)
yann tiersen in the background
exhaust fan humming in the kitchen
(above an oven that likes to burn the outsides of things while the insides remain perfectly done)
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news from the water world:
A man gets a sand bath from friends as thousands of people took to the beaches on New Year’s Day in Durban, South Africa. – voice of america, day in photos
Members of a marching band shelter from the rain before performing at the 28th annual New Year’s Day parade in London. – voice of america, day in photos
People take part in the traditional sea bath during New Year’s celebrations on January 1, 2014 at Malo-Les-Bains beach in Dunkirk, northern France. – voice of america, day in photos
Kashmiri men try to push their boat through the waters of Anchar Lake after heavy snowfall in Srinagar, India. – voice of america, day in photos
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