The Brass Tea Kettle Rengay
Carrie Ann Marie Thunell
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(Published at Outlaw Sketchbook)
my dry bones
wick up fall's humidity-
the brass tea kettle
night of stars
the iron courting candle burns low
fireplace flames
leap orange, red, yellow-
glow of the poker
over the bar
fireproof tinsel hung
on a velvet dog rug
marshmallows in hot chocolate
a woman turns in her wheelchair
no more rocky road
our thermals and snowshoes
instead of ice cream