Happy Birthday February
Mardi Gras a few days out
The last full month of winter
Above latitude zero
Below if you turn the earth over
Not as cold as it was
Colder than it will be
No solstice nor equinox
Not that many days
No leaping 29th this time
The second month
Of another year
Resolutions beleaguered
Annual opposite of August
Cool nadir to warm apex
Days shorter than nights
But headed the “right way”
Snow days
Colds and flus
Nice jackets
Red on the faces
Of the homeless
Cycles and rythms
This far from the equator
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