cold snap
ice throb
wind
whistle
silence
crunch of
tread on unbroken snow
scrape of
shovel against stone
plop and
slither of snow slipping off the branch
silence
slow drip
from icicle
creak and
groan of breaking ice
scurried
scratch of foot and beak searching
silence
Pamela
Olson, 1/12/2014