A Cardinal in a scarlet dress,A Chipping Sparrow, and an English Wren,A Red-Headed Woodpecker,A Mourning Dove,A Mockingbird and a GoldfinchCame to eat at the local dinerFound it closed.

The mailbox standsThrough rain,Sleet, ice, snow, windWaiting for seed cataloguesWaiting for February valentines,Waiting for love lettersFrom spring. 

Like static on an old Television screenSnow falls and changesBrowns and blacks toFuzzy, feathery, freckly Gray to ghostly Goosedown white.