The Unending Michigan Winter of 2014
The snowflakes began innocent
Christmas lights distracted
us all from the terror
of the winter that would never end.
January felt familiar
like a friend you want to ask to stay
just a little longer
but not much longer
February’s Valentine to us:
I-275 littered with frozen wheels
unable to stop unable to start
We were all snowpeople by then.
And now it’s March 27 and it’s
raining ice pellets onto my car
I’ve forgotten what warm is
the cold besieges me
My tea can only do so much
I give in to the unending winter:
Another sweater, another cup
of resolve to never leave this beautiful place.
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