The Morning Porch

Dave Bonta March 23, 2022

Ten-thirty and the promised rain finally begins to whisper in the dry leaves—a mountain’s worth of hush drowning out all distant engines.

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Some breaks in the clouds around sunrise. The wail of a fire engine on the wind. Snowflakes drift down.
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