“The page opens to snow on a field: boot-holed month, black hour
\nthe bottle in your coat half vodka half winter light.
\nTo what and to whom does one say yes?” – Caryolyn Forche<\/p>\n
Up the dale the wind from the loch,
\nFinds the stubborn and stoic Scot.<\/p>\n
He does not flinch nor does he complain,
\nE’en on the threat of snowy rain.<\/p>\n
The roiling clouds, on pallet gray,
\nSuggest it is a winter day.<\/p>\n
“Nae, ’tis summer and I am stoned,”
\n“But not b’whisky,” he peevishly bemoaned.<\/p>\n
And setting forth, in imaginary ice,
\nHe sought sweet refuge in Highland gneiss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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