Fire crackles finally
tuna fish swims
in the pits of our stomachs,
finally toasty,
their scales
fermenting against
the taste of whiskey
in a tiny bottle
made light for
the march.
The red and black
jackets are out
to explore, to move,
to breathe hot
in the frigid air hovering
over the blissful,
bleached, alabaster blanket
called snow
and the green and
happy blue jackets
stay inside
to stoke the fire
and watch the lovely drowning
of the pine needles
beneath pearls of ice
out the window.
The cabin creaks
and wrinkles with a smile,
its history, read
aloud by the front door
and lentils will cook,
orange and cheerful
with cloves of garlic
and other spices to
chase the soot from sinuses,
and we'll eat it later
over the sound
of rolling dice,
when the red and
black jackets
come back to spell the rest
of "ROAD."
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