Woden’s Day

“Red Cardinal in Snow” by Rachel Kramer (https://flic.kr/p/bdg1Me). Licensed under Creative Commons.

Punch a big hole in the muddle
of the week, climb through to find
a river of blue diamonds,
a playground overrun with younglings

looping slide shows, flipping through
switches like tongues of cardinal fire
popping in and out of the snowy bush.