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Silent night

by Muriel Nelson in the December 15, 2021 issue
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With wise men, a mom, countless sheep,
and infinite nights of stars,
songs like bushtits swirl off in old leaves,
a twittering lost afar.

What more can anyone know
scanning our muted sky
than how wanting we are, and how a strange glow
could quicken our breaths passing by?

This poem appears in the December 15, 2021 issue.

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