Nights in middle-winter the red light blinks
small flashes of paranoia over the mountains.
First hay-making then corn-harvest
then apple-gathering and a year’s
worth of wind;
Monsoons; Pampas; Nor-westers; Harmattans;
Trades; Levanter;
Simoon; listen—the animals are night-hunting now.
Simoon; listen—the animals are night-hunting now.