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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>September Snow – with enjambment?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marcia J. Wick, The Write Sisters<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>September 2020<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Word Count: 120 / 29 lines<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In Colorado, snow in October often coats <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Goblins and Halloween pumpkins; the first <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>snow fell this year in September, one <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Day after Labor Day, one <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Day after record high heat, two <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>days after wildfires exploded <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>west of the mountains raining <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ash on diners distanced <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>socially outdoors, reluctant <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>to move indoors risking<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>contact with a virus oblivious <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>to my daughter’s birthday, the holiday <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>weekend, the first opportunity <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>to hug grandchildren in six <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>long months sheltering <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>safe from exposure, hiding <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>from contamination, toxic <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>air spreading, political <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>rhetoric, crazed power <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>mongers, eroding trust, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>hateful intolerance, violent <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>vigilantes with guns,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>out of control, inhumanity, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>bigotry, division, deadly <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>infection without borders, craven <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>greed, reckless consumption, unrest, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>confusion, contention, chaos, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>climate change, new<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>normal September snow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># # #<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>