Centimeters—that the height of the canvas
Wheezing ravens, whenTo reach out into its own vanishing
Bronze the sky, with nothe old men burnish stories of Yaz and the Babe
Snaps of ice cracking in the hidden air.Cuts out of its width (81). Unfair
In the woods, close by,marked with a dark stroke from the left, encroached
Green lilac buds appear that won't surviveMore beautiful than anything in this world.
Not so much of place as of renewed hope,As distant memories, through the fog-dimmed light,
Like some poor wounded wretch—long left for deadThe mortal architect had brought to life,
Swaying in unison beneath the snow,Homeward into the howling woods, although
In realms of dingy gloom and deep crevassePlace of absorbing snow, itself to be
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