blue skies for cold days

part i
this city is alive
with the day of
the dead

i think

watching from
two stories
up:

a princess and a witch
hold hands to cross
the street

(having no
part in old fairy
tales)

joining a group
of ghouls and
presidents and
superheroes

to a similar
end

part ii
but it is autumn
now and winter
hereafter

i think

there will be
blue skies for
cold days

and radiators that
hiss like spring
rainstorms

to bookend the
day

was shalott better
than this? i wonder,
standing to take
one long, last
look out of the
window —

and close the
blinds