"Winter Roof Gutter" by lucentius (Getty Images Signature)
by Christina M. Rau
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We have roof access too
he sent in an early message along with photos: royal sky close alongside angular roof- top structures (this month we’d learned birds have structures like beaks and wings). A frost climbed across every flat surface. At what temperature will it all bow. At what degree does it all burst. Breath on cold wind taken away to higher heights not pictured. The boys still sleep in rooms below. The background appears fuzzy—they must be hills. No, mountains more distant. No, they are shadows. No, most likely, snow drifting on the lens |
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Christina M. Rau (she/her) is the author of What We Do To Make Us Whole, the Elgin Award-winning Liberating The Astronauts, and two poetry chapbooks. She served as Poet-in-Residence for Cedarmere and the Oceanside Library (NY) and was the Walt Whitman Birthplace Poet of the Year. Her poetry airs on Destinies radio show (WUSB). www.christinamrau.com | Instagram & Twitter @christinamrau
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