Matthew Schwartz
The field,
Frozen, buried,
Under several feet of snow.
Dotted with objects contrasting
With the stark white flakes.
A wooden house,
Some trees, a path up the mountain,
A lake under a meter of ice.
Some bodies,
Face down in the wasteland,
Frozen.
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