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as earth rotates and sun ‘sets’
night cools mountain-tops
slopes chill the air above their ice
thin molecules huddle, dense
heavier and heavier until, catabatic
they gain speed and strength
from gravity and plunge down
disturbing precarious layers
of snow, triggering avalanche
Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.