halfway
through the last day
the dull sky darkens
towards the end
of a year of endings

end of the year
the first lit window
in a new block

the old year's end -
grass on this side of the fence
a brighter green

Christmas Eve
the clearing mist reveals...
a plastic santa

winter solstice
the clock tower lost
in freezing fog

December night -
the glow of brake lights
on a wheelie-bin

wind-blown rain -
two boys in the play park
after dark