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WINTER WATER by KENNETH SLADE ALLING

First Line: THIS BRIGHT, IRREGULAR DISK OF ICE
Last Line: FOR FUSING WATER INTO A JEWEL.
Subject(s): WINTER;
This bright, irregular disk of ice
I hewed out with my hatchet to get at the lake,
It formed last night on the water hole
That we cut. When it's cold the ice will make
Quickly; an oasis of glass
In an acre of snow ice. It came to pass
That the night was cold and the cold is fuel
For fusing water into a jewel.



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