curved rumps & lowered heads of thirty black cows crop through thin snow to grass almost summer green fern fronds arc, mossy boulders glow broad-leaved weeds & perennials unfurl soft green leaves rivers swing from freeze to thaw soft lake-ice clumps, low mounds of snow melt in warmth & rain hiking trails are frozen, saturated, puddled pulsing winds fracture forests soil shifts, houses tumble this planet we’ve forced to meet our needs bends every straight line breaks down asphalt, concrete, steel degree by degree, earth reverts to round