Nuts

Your eyes

barren

like trees in Fall.

All you can see is the puffed up

balls of squirrel nests

wedged between

stark branch and limb.

Your eyes

hungry

like a squirrel in midwinter,

unsure of where he has

buried his nuts in the snowy yard,

in the frozen ground.

Too late to turn back the

time and hide

your meals in a

more convenient location,

warm and barred

ag…