Happy for a Friend
My friend who owns two
alpaca ranches
in the mountains bemoans winter’s
short days.
as she deals with deep
snow, clothing layers
and doing countless chores
in the cold, such as
hauling alpaca poop in her
“poop mobile,”
tending to chickens, goats
and geese
and making sure her
Labrador retriever
and Anatolian shepherd get
their walks in.
She counts the days until
the winter solstice.
I’m happy for her today as
she breathes a sigh of relief.
I’m also happy for the
lengthening of days, though,
through most of mine, I’m
snug in my warm house.
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