once, a cold that tore like nails:
twilight footsteps, frozen mud,
then, a string of lights in blue,
after cold, a hallway clatter,
hands by radiators warming,
television distant playing
special holidays in music,
laughter heard from faraway —
vane outside in hard wind spinning,
dinner never felt so good,
season of a new beginning,
glitter, garland, light and wood,
glitter, garland, light
and wood
