Moonlight fades  but the driveway glows even whiter.   The underside of a discarded surgical mask,  under a drift of pine needles.  Red throated, yellow-billed, white-banded:  each loon's lonely cry.  Startled Odocoileus virginianus: the fawn's  small pennant, its mother's indignant flag.  Hydrangea petals, as though traced  by non-photo blue pencil.       [LAG-signature url="https://morningporch.com/2021/12/159129177/"]