Do not be melancholy Cate,
Your darkness will give way to day!

I know,
This rain has made me gray
These words I pen to you in black.

This world in which we love,
ages,

turning white around its edges.

J.P. Burnside
americanchamps@yahoo.com
all rights reserved by J.P.Burnside
3.6.2003
Buffalo Wolf Press, 2003