Marc J. Sheehan

Windbreak, West Michigan

For warmth against

the cold dress

in layers - memory

of first lover

over wool, over

flannel the fur

of field mice

nesting your basement.

Then something to

cut the wind -

nylon, Jäger, or

line of arborvitae.

In the spring

they'll find you

leaning east, bent

but unbroken, rising

from this glacier-scoured

landscape that has

you by the roots.