To Waken an Old Lady + 

Old age is + 

a flight of small + 

cheeping birds + 

skimming + 

bare trees + 

above a snow glaze. + 

Gaining and failing + 

they are buffetted + 

by a dark wind⁠— + 

But what? + 

On harsh weedstalks + 

the flock has rested, + 

the snow + 

is covered with broken + 

seedhusks + 

and the wind tempered + 

by a shrill + 

piping of plenty. + 