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| Boston Winter, Photograph by Yvette Stenzel |
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Two days before Christmas
In the twilight of dawn
The day breaks the night
Long shadows still shiver
Brick cement metal beams
Against a still steel sky
Two days before Christmas
Foghorns and ambulances
In the distance by the sea
Down below an alley awakes
Roars of city trash day
Rubbish piles a tree
Mesh wrapped Christmas tree
In the alley on trash day
Engines in high gear
The garbage truck takes
All that is left in the alley
Two days before the holiday