Better than words
is a picture, they say.
Writers might quibble —
they are fussy that way.
But as winter’s white breath
veils thick in the air
and our spirits, frostbitten,
begin to despair,
even a picture
can offer salvation
from tedium, sameness,
incarceration.
If you look long enough
at this smush of new pup,
your temperature and mood
might edge a bit up.
Many thanks to my daughter-in-law, Kelley Wilson Mesterharm,
for this image of the communal heartbeat.
It gets the Snuggle Award.
My gift to you,
Oddments 