Hear Hail

Hear hail
See hail
Feel hail
Fall
Pounding ice
Upon down me so
Rhythmic
So consistently
And quiet
Now I listen
To a tone of
Tapping time
Time
Time
Rhyming
Timing
Slapping sleet and
Frantic feet so
Dizzy dancing
Circles
In the midst
Of this
Persistent present
Chaos

(1991)