Ci vediamo

Three little sibs
Burrow near the stream
Youngest giving out
Animated orders
Queen mother looks below
Sunbath on the roof.
Shivering men share their
Surreptitious smoke
Watching burning fumes
Blend into the dusky sky.

Silhouette's studded tonight
A mirror to the starry sky
Embers blown back to life
Send cinders flying
Ash-flakes fall
Musty pyre odors
Inferno smolders.

Wave a silly goodbye
Company of the cat
Waddle back indoors
Snuggle the coverlets.
Goodbye oh snowy
Au revoir my darlings
Ci rivedremo presto!