winter monkeys chitter
skitter clatter twitter
in our garden shed
little hands
and tails

banging clanging Kong
hammer chisel tongs
gadget widget screw
and nails

winter monkeys wonder
winter monkeys dream
winter monkeys question
what they’ve seen

they craft
of tossed-out metal parts
ice breath diving bells
a merry jingling for the dead
escape pods for the blue

and fail