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Snow storm, Roland Park, Baltimore: photo by Chuck Patch, 27 January 2011
covering over
all the colour
all the colour
in the world
with white
and gray
and gray
but for a little
yellow patch
exposed tissue
exposed tissue
where a limb
has torn
away and left
tender life
vulnerable
and open
to the cold

Northwest side, Chicago: photo by Chuck Patch, 27 June 1973, posted 2014

Nova, winter, Madison, Wisconsin: photo by Chuck Patch, 1974, posted 2014

Winter, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin: photo by Chuck Patch, 1973, posted 2014