Birthday

Nicole Lau

Down at the grocer’s,
Outside in the snow,
Anywhere, everywhere,
The sun sails by
Furious, tenderly;
Shadows fade and march.

If you were an olive,
Over on that tree,
You’d breathe the air,
Blue as the sea
As it rolls away.

That’s where I wanted
To be, the fallen snow.

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