WINTER CROWS HOUSE SILENCE
winter gnawing on bones its breath a fog shaking its hard wet fists the ten thousand crows of the high ground
speak all at once of their misery my house is surrounded with mirrors the trees are hung with frost when the sun can shine there is twice the shining if I stay in place long enough
the new neighbors will say I am a stranger to them the crows will speak of me as of a familiar comfort but to those who can’ t understand their speaking is as good as silence
MIDNIGHT
midnight your moonlight rising back from the snow on which it fell
your stars and planets marching a narrow icy path that goes out and returns
a record so stamped it can be trusted even in your lonesome hour--
their faces are shining though weary accurate in their eager circuit
their heads bowed to us their hunger their chill their fullness whites us all
~ Eric Rensberger
Open Daily at 11 a. m.
Open Year-Round for Lunch & Dinner Fresh made to order starters, salads, sandwiches and house specialties
Brown County’ s only“ Husband Day Care” Back Door Alley Entrance
Guinness on tap • Full bar • Specialty drinks • Bloody Mary • Islander • Margarita
Full menu available in Bar • Large TV
Out of the Ordinary Restaurant & Hickory Sports Bar
61 South Van Buren St. • Nashville, IN Across the street from the Brown County Playhouse
( 812) 778-9730 • OutOfTheOrdinaryRestaurant
Hoosier Hooch Premium Flavored Moonshines
BEAR WALLOW distillery
Makers of distilled spirits using locally grown grains in an old-fashioned copper still
Tours and Tastings Gnaw Bone Bourbon Famous for our Moonshine Shake-Up Cocktails
4484 E. Old State Road 46 Gnaw Bone( Look for the signs)
( 812) 657-4923 • www. bearwallowdistillery. com Mon.– Thurs. 11 – 5, Fri.– Sat. 11 – 6, Sun. 12 – 5
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