AS WHITE AS QUIET(for Ruthie)

Snow
on the Boulevard Saint-Michel

someone...somewhere...singing

can't make out
where it's coming from

so that it seems
the snow is singing

'Nessun' Dorma! '
the snow sings
'Nessun' Dorma! '

until all
is white

as quiet.

poem by Dónall Dempsey
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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