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Saturday, January 10, 2015

From a Fifth Floor Window

Thick ribbons of fog 
slide silently through trees and brush.
Time breathes and stands still.

Broad blankets of fog
rest softly on roof tops and spires.
Birds hush and fall silent.

Air laden moist and damp
washes streets and sidewalks
Softening whooshing buses and cars

Stepping into the gentled air,
my own breath slows and softens.
Thoughts settle and hush.

“The mist wandered absolvingly past all it touched,
Yet hung like a stayed breath……..”
~ Philip Larkin

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