A Winter Song
If I
 were the
 cold weather
 and people
 talked about me
 the way they talk
 about it,
 I’d just
 pack up
 and leave town.
                
                    
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                            This poem was previously published in Hey Fella Would You Mind Holding This Piano a Moment (Ithaca House, 1974) and is reprinted here by permission of William J. Harris. It is part of the portfolio “I Hope You Like Being Here with Me: The Work of William J. Harris,” curated by Howard Rambsy II.
                    
                        Source:
                        Poetry
                                                                                                                                                                    (February 2023)