Two days of blinding whiteout
Visibility mere meters
It's February
Above Superior
...Still, the pandemic
Entire towns, shut down
Sheltered in place
"staying safe"
There's never been an off-season like this
In a spotty motel, the bed bugs are ravenous
I see a coyote through the window
He doesn't get to go inside
I think about that sometimes…
Instead, he stocks the shore
a red-stained coat exudes triumph
Satisfied, he curls up on the lee side of a snow drift -
raising his head periodically
What does he think about?
Does anything torment him?
I'm beckoned to venture into the elements
there's an primal energy in the ambivalent winds
I stay until my internal alarm sounds:
"Seek shelter immediately"
but I don't listen
For here I stand on the precipice
Feeling like the inverse of Icarus
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