after another nor'easter

after another nor’easter

after all that was wet

and heavy

after all I could do to

move it

out of the way and into

another way

after the sky got better

at being blue

after it got tired of getting

after all that and clean

windows a wind

a thick bay fog kind of wind

I want to lay my face

down in the new

snow falling

I want to lay it far

enough to stay

the rain

I want all the work

of moving to

be brief

I want, some,

only some,

I'll admit...

but after