New Year round

first sunrise of the year the orange bellies of the clouds are blurry with snow

a gray squirrel in estrus trailed by two slow-motion suitors

in the wind above the ridge a raven croaks & somersaults

my first piss of the New Year I’m especially careful

distant rumble of a military jet it’s still the same world

windows rattle with the snoring of a late-night reveler

I clear the cookies from my hard drive avatar’s a question mark now

the grimy washing machine rocks with a load of laundry

first sunrise of the year the orange bellies of the clouds are blurry with snow