Blue December
Blue December.
Empty neighborhoods filled with snow.
Dim yellow street lights.
A crow cries out in pain.
Or maybe vengeance.
A town over there is a fire being built
in the midst of the woods
By a boy named Caleb
Who swears that crows are so much more meaningful than just death. He sits barefoot by the fire
And stares toward vast stars.
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Love the line “a town over there…. of the woods”. Interesting way you set tone with color at first, building into emotion with the crow, setting up for the turn where Caleb disputes the nature of the bird as he literally turns to space out.
This is a very effective scene. The switch to Caleb really gives the poem a twist.