Early evening
In New Vermont,
Dead
January
Splits the
Gas fire --
Stunted tongues
Search for
Creosote kernels
In the far
Reaches
Of the hearth.
Heat without
Soul,
Warmth with
Sheen,
Stone-wood
Radiating
Efficiency
Into a
Log-free room.
A condo
Nation is
Clean and
Cheaper
Than the
Elder frame,
Twice as
Square
And half as
Sweet.