Among the high-branching, leafless boughs Above the roof-peaks of the town,
Snowflakes unnumberably come down
I watched out of the attic window The laced sway of family trees,
Intricate genealogies Whose strict, reserved gentility,
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and
Christmas dinner's dark and
When you stop and try to see
From the turkey's point of view
Sharp wind, towering sky, apes howling mournfully;untouched island, white sand, birds flying in circles
Infinite forest, bleakly shedding leaf after leaf;inexhaustible river, rolling on wave after wave
Through a thousand miles of melanch...