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SNOW ANGELS


Each night they stare into the sky
and wonder why even with wings
they can never get off the ground.
Good reason for their creator
to take three steps, cock his head
and disown his gift to the world.
Abandonment: a likely origin of anyone’s
lack of faith. And faith: precisely what's needed
to soar in the purple abyss of winter.

We step out into our lives like sun slicing
between buildings and perform this one angelic
act that melts from our consciousness.
We return to our houses to accomplish
something important, leaving behind
the ones who don't know any better,
who see the wings as open arms,
snow as flesh, and are willing to lie back down.

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from All This Living: Selected Recorded Poems, released February 26, 2023

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Joshua Michael Stewart is a poet and musician living in Western Massachusetts.

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