Through Rain, Sleet, and Snow
        by Tom Mach


         Drops of cold rain dot the landscape,
    and the ice-glazed roads hate car
especially mine when
I have to pamper my tire
and coax them
not to slide off the road.
The grayish sky is also angry
as it continues to discourage me
so I turn on the radio
only to hear weatherman drone on
about a predicted historical snowfall
but I don't give a **** about that.


The hospital doors never close
and I may be needed in ER today
to save the life of a child