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A picture frame on a wall.
Beckons; past-tenses,
with, iced, wooden sprawl.
Fingers point, in, stiffness,
to, stillness.                        A frozen clock.
Affixed in time.
Whilst, snow-capped, mood-lit mounts,
lift, to, chill, set; digits, mouths and lenses.

A memory, encapsulated,
for, a nostalgic blizzard’s seige.
Had, held, on, snowballed; smiling faces.
Which, roll, bolder evocation, upon release.

Who, knew, preserved eyes,
hands and hairs, could speak?
Of, simpler; age, designs,
or, a widow’s peak?

Knowing, not matters, to our; frozen clocks.
Grown; ever-after, in, houred emotions, oft.

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