wind caressing his breath
riding through snowy minefields
gravel crumbles under iron hooves
liquor embellishing his footsteps
dripping notes into rippling hair
jingling trinkets soothing book pages
a brisk kiss glancing by
while a handkerchief is patched into a dress
fluttering with the thunderstorm
fringes bowing to coppery lightning
he disappears with the dusk
porcelain vase of ashes
scattering
with the fan of a hand.