Evolution Amulet

the 30th Anniversary XLH sat in the diningroom
during winter months  &  once after a late movie
when all slept & the first real snow landed
I got on it & turned the lights toward a
front window shining into the blanket
being tossed upon the birch tree
as winter's comfort & signaling
with  yellow  flashes reflecting
on an empty television screen:
the first  spring rain  bringing
this Sportster down the ramp
& across the lawn & sidewalk
to the garage where it
fires  up  once  the carb
swallows ample passion
but  the  rain keeps any
travel   in   the   alley  to
    just beads upon fresh
wax or upon the chrome my reflection
while  I  get down nearer the exhausts
to hear  what  winter  kept  in  silence.