dismal winter

 i wonder
why this winter
keeps me
looking and looking
but still dismal
 small snows
 most days i walk wendy
looking at the land 
 an old friend
canada thistle
on the road shoulder
a paper plant
 skies
rolling through
 promise 
bring strangely warm winds
these last two
are out the window,
one with flash
one sans
it's all how you look at things