Sunday, February 1, 2015

The real thing

I will admit snow on the weekend is more convenient now than it used to be. Now I do not need to be concerned about parking lots or boilers or leading worship in mittens. Now I can consider the beauty, clear the sidewalk when the snow ends, leave the Christmas tree up one more week because it finally looks like winter outside.

Today is
The first real snow of winter,
Halfway through the season.
Of course we have had
Practice snowfall:
To remember how to drive
In it;
To remember what
It looks and feels like;
To recall each flake
Being different.
Today is the real thing.
Tomorrow will be another version
Of this real thing.
Like every occasion
No thing is ever
The same.
Not even snow.

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