ag: I place my hand before my beard with awe cp: finger my chin hairs, curly, soft, blond ag: and stare through open-uncurtained window cp: watch the cat step across the sill ag: rooftop rose-blue sky thru cp: fractaled lichened trees ag: which small dawn clouds ride cp: radiant blue sky ag: rattle against the pane cp: gravel rubbled across the lawn ag: lying on a thick carpet matted floor cp: castings of the late night snow plow ag: at last in repose on pillows my knees cp: disappear in warmth, the snow ag: bent beneath brown himalayan blanket, soft — cp: parade of boot- & footprints melting — ag: fingers atremble to pen, cramp cp: hands agrip on garden rake, light ag: pressure diddling the page white cp: touch coaxing the stones loose ag: San Francisco notebook — cp: Vermont false spring