fickle......
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; is the.. wind that blows tonight
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tying... 

knots in ..the... clothes 
.....left&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on the line. ... . . . .. 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; howling ........ ..... ...... ... . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at the seams ...

..of this old place...
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;raising..
 the.. hackles.. on ..the ..cat... 

...... ..raging..at&nbsp;&nbsp;...&nbsp;&nbsp; ..... ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;................the...flower..beds . . . 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .......&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. . ....&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..... ..&nbsp;&nbsp;.

 ..creating ...pressure ..in our heads.... ripping.... my 

thoughts ...... . . . into ...to .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .......shr.. ..ap......nel.. . . . ..

b.bl...blah..b..lah.blah...sting blasted .....wind...
.......&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.............ratt... atattling the...... window.... frame

....and then....


&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; silence reigns

betterdays

from the south..it comes

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don-bouchard

Excellent! I am adding to a collection called "Nature." So many relationship poems, not enough about the elements: wind, rain, sun, woods, rivers, sand, and fog. Your poem is perfect!

removed.-2z

Cool. It's sort of all bleached away like finding a ripped message in a bottle . "the.. hackles.. on ..the ..cat... " and a couple of well placed rhymes really made this piece

removed.-w66q

no one better at painting these scenes of daily life
well written