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Banff Baillies

by Jay Wilson

Alone,
in snow muted woods,
fox prints tack
across my path.

Cast out from snow-laden
Banff Baillies
a single flake drifts,
lifts slightly
on my breath,

lands on outstretched
palm, settles
and melts,
caught in the storm’s eye.

 

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