Friday, January 9, 2015

The Donner Party it Ain't (-25 below)...

Snow-capped benches,
     the Gazebo
     looking almost Roman
     in its bearing
     with its cape of pristine white;
     what Delight
     during soft flurries
     as pedestrians hurry,
     faces showing such
     frustration and worry
     as seems to almost always happen
     every time it snows 'round here...
Have those forgotten just last year
     or perhaps recall
     the year before

     when, for some reason,
     you chose coat over jacket
     (and sometimes)
     you would rise

     and there would be ice
     to scrape from
     the windows of your car?...
It's called Winter, my Friend,
     yes, and if you're not ready
     your better catch up
     quick, fast and in hurry...
Nature against the ill-prepared;

     guess who wins?,
     it will do you in,

     it won't ask to come in,
     it will just steal your breath away;
     be Wise and stay alive
     or from the Ghost Wood
     just stay away...
          Jan. 9, 2015


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