PREVIOUS TENANTS
death in winter
move a little in ceaseless cold
with unnatural oaks,
diseased snow
terrified leaves tearing themselves
from taunting wood
in a forest sheetless, abominable trees;
they are not in this house
in a forest sheetless, abominable trees;
they are not in this house
with its curious pines surrounding
unaffordable warmth
for my family in a winter's death;
unaffordable warmth
for my family in a winter's death;
nothing at all is grown
in this stranglehold of ice
RENOVATIONS: