17 January 2026

Meeting.

Loth, Old Peasant Lighting a Pipe, 1660


"I wonder, old man, smelling of the wind,
Your face leathered, eyes glassy,
Blowing mist on weathered fingers --
Who am I meeting?"

Lighting his pipe 
With an ember from the fire, 
He whispered --
"I am Winter."

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