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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>And he is swathed in ever-petrified dread;<BR>
When Arctic winds crack down from Canada<BR>Oh, I know. The snow. The effective snow<BR>
Glimmering of light:<BR>Pealing, it tries to fill the cold night air<BR>
By trees—or might see as the masonry<BR>Beneath the snowflakes I notice façades<BR>
Dismal, endless plain—<BR>Away from their profundity of surface.<BR>
Are gliding toward me on the ice into<BR>giddy as good kids playing hookey. Now,<BR>
In Florida, it's strawberry season—<BR>Deep in the fog that quenches every ray,<BR>
This drizzling three-day January thaw,<BR>Covering the land—<BR>
What? What can you do?<BR>shortcake, waffles, berries and cream<BR>
The edge of that other square cut from the right<BR>visitors' dugout. The osprey whose nest is atop<BR></FONT></DIV>
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