Maddie snoring on couch
Me scribbling at desk
Wind outdoors pummeling
Japanese maple to jive to the beat

No snowflake flying, moans maple
No Mr. Wyeth to wash
wintry white o’er brindled rags
No Gustav K to splotch
springtime scarlet o’er crimson reds

Wind roaring
Eh, Mamuszka! Cha-cha cha!
Amen

Sandi Dollinger is a teacher/artist living in downtown Albany, NY. She is a writer of fiction and plays. In January her play “Encore, Encore, Missus Gefilte Fish! will be read as a staged reading in Colonie, NY.