* Long before the car tracks
* Could mar the pristine blanket of snow *
The sun was rising to break
* Through the banked clouds of sleepy dawn **
* *
Roofs of neighborhood houses wrapped
* In comforters of frozen fluff * *
Like feather beds of luxury *
Draping neatly on gables and peaks

No birds on the wing nor rabbits on the move
Just quiet solitude
* As the town sits in silence *
Waiting for the children to emerge
** And break upon the drifts
Like playful dolphins * *
* In the sea *
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Ah yes ******* the wonders of winter