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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEATEN TRACKS, by LESLIE NELSON JENNINGS
First Line: That night while we were snug abed it snowed --
Last Line: Puts our feet back in the old beaten tracks.
Subject(s): Night; Snow; Bedtime
First Line: That night while we were snug abed it snowed --
Last Line: Puts our feet back in the old beaten tracks.
Subject(s): Night; Snow; Bedtime
That night while we were snug abed it snowed --
Like powdered mica, glittering and fine,
Paving with alabaster every road,
Obliterating every boundary line.
We found a shorter way of going between
The house and barn that morning; there were no
Fences or gates or bars to intervene:
We walked securely over the crusted snow.
Strange how a blizzard alters things, upsets
Our well appointed world and makes a law
Unto itself that nothing can relax.
The wind against a thousand chimneys whets
Inexorable knives, until a thaw
Puts our feet back in the old beaten tracks.
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