Sunday, November 23, 2008

Stopping-- by theater on a snowy evening

Snow drops down between buildings,
sheltered from winds
guarded by the bulk of the city

and illuminated by
streetlights and the pink marquee

People hesitate at doors,
then push out

rushing to start cars
and scrape ice--

to get warm


But we stop
to let the snow
fall onto our coats
onto our hair

frozen, a moment,
in the cold

Then our bodies shake in the wind
we walk quickly,
we get warm

all that's left of snow is
dampness in our hair.

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