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Resurgent greens and stronger hues combined within the colours in the afternoon

The reddish brown has nearly gone and all the silver greys erased in darker shades that shine with slickly natured stains after the gentle, gentle rain

Clouded skies unite and demonize the dry and dusty plight of days of brutal beating sun and scathing wind

The thin veneer is quickly peeled and puddle-swamped in bloodied muddled swirls of coloured slushy earth that tinge the tracks of heavy wheels

The welcome cold at first conceals its damp and chilling steel,

and in the icy shades of the current moment the frigid bite ignites less welcome sentiments until the wrap of insulation seals the warming heat,

Sanctifies the stolid feet and frigid toes with subtle sweep of warming blood

Then after, when the sun departs to claim the earth the darkness of night, the moon’s rising unabashed and clean again to grace the nascent waiting skies after the rain.

E, 5th February 2016