Storm drains

Red marks the winter storm

warning, we gotta castrate that

mass of swirling cloud mass 

too, or vilify it, or worse personify it,

color code it, cause a storm

never settled over the northeast

or dropped three feet o'snow,

like the blizzard of '93 never happened

cause it happened in '93 and that's 

too long ago for any sane american

to remember and who wants to when the

color coded danger spikes and blips

on radar screens and chirps in our ear

the 15 day forecast 90% chance of 

seeing weather news on weatherchannel.com

real world real life real science meteorological

nightmare scenarios broadcast on every street

corner camera shot we can get, can you 

believe it's raining? Really raining?

can you believe it's never done this before?

SNOW

I haven't abandoned you,

a bitter winter, and I'm
Knee deep in a misplaced tundra,
snowflakes gnaw at my fingers,
the coarse wood and cold metal
of an old shovel, it's true
we've all seen better days,

But when were they?--

you remember? and I--?
I won't forget you
when the snow melts
the streets are dry
and the squirrels come out of hiding.