February's River

February's river is a galaxy of
Ice, an avalanche of 
Frozen crystal cosms
Held in red and blue and gold.

Her water extends awhile, and cracks
In flowstrip folds, star's mercury
Descends, deposits fractures
Surface glacier in cold.

February's river is a satellite of
Rock, a catacomb of 
Block bound liquid
That she captured as it rolled.

Her flux deadends in piles on banks
In sawtoothed mounds, as far as fury
Bends to spring, adapts
To trickle, tripping flood.