icicles hang
from the clothesline
housebound

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only a scarf
where the snowman stood
incessant rain

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twilight
school janitor reties
the snowman's scarf

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Ukraine under siege
shelves of toy soldiers
collecting dust

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Corey D. Cook's sixth chapbook, Junk Drawer, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2022. His poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in *82 Review, Akitsu Quarterly, Black Poppy Review, Duck Head Journal, Freshwater Literary Journal, Muddy River Poetry Review, Naugatuck River Review, Nixes Mate Review, and South Florida Poetry Review. Corey lives in East Thetford, Vermont.