It snowed today and yesterday
And the day before

Is there anything in the world
That resembles snow when

It becomes a threat and
Stops being pretty?

When it takes over the
Skies, the driveways, the

Edges of the forest and
The paths to everywhere?

Even the children aren’t
Immune when they fall

Down trying to make a
Snowman, his charcoal

Eyes and carrot nose, and
Worship the sun hoping

For a day of melting and
Even rain to make their

Time inside only a part-time
Joke, with daisies and roses

To celebrate the greenness
Of the absentee landlord