freezing mist on boxing day morning

water
hangs on
the river

chill

a cormorant
ripple runs

takes flight

soon swallowed
by the
fog

little dimples

on the water's surface
where it
skitter ran
to lift
itself into
the chilly
moisture
of the air.

A pretty lace bent umbrella
uselessly
abandoned
to the pavement

fog

packs a silence

ice cubes
in the freezer
at home
for the day ahead's
festivity