Just enough

This trace of
snow is not
enough, not

enough to ease
the long drought,
quench the earth,

quash the coming
fires. Too little, too
late in the age of our

realized ruin, yet
enough, just
enough to record

in bas-relief the
perishing evidence of
remaining wonders:

the fragile tines
of an early junco’s
foot, the soft and clever

paws of last
night’s raccoon. This
trace of snow is not

enough, not
enough to answer
any prayer we still

have the right to
make, but a call to
praise, a call to

praise every
vanishing beauty.

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