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‘Twenty Twenty-Six’ \u00a9 2025<\/strong><\/sub><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Heavy<\/strong><\/a>
<\/a><\/strong>winter snows<\/strong><\/a>
whitened the trees.
They turned the branches <\/strong>
into filigrees<\/strong>
shivering in the wind<\/strong>.

Beneath
that commanding sky 
helicopters beat the air
like motorcycles<\/strong>
flying by.<\/strong>

Observing this, we <\/strong>
enter twenty twenty-six
with a cold hard kiss.<\/strong>
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\nwinter snows
\nwhitened the trees.
\nThey turned the branches
\ninto filigrees
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