Shivering

As the temperature drops
I watch a horse
Sleep standing up.
The top of a tree
Swings in the wind.
I think it must be hard
To get up
To sleep like that.
The tree top
Stops swinging.
The sun slides
Out of a cloud.
I walk home
And say to my wife,
I'm quitting my job.
What will you do, she asks.
I haven't thought that far ahead.