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Blissing on the Season’s
First Snowfall
by Charles Rossiter
I light a morning candle
and lift my cup of espresso
the hiss of the old
radiator
purrs to me like a friendly
cat
I lift my cup of espresso
and wish a silent wish
blissing on the season’s
first snowfall
listening to the hiss of
the old radiator
the kiss of morning
espresso steam
rising to disappear in
pearly air
outside, snow falls silent
as a stalking cat
the candle flickers in
columns of warm
air rising, I lift my cup
of espresso
to the single silent wish,
to always
and forever to this much
love my life.
~ first published in the Paterson Literary Review
