New Normal
Feb 14 2023
Mid-February
and there's a cold rain.
The shrunken piles of snow
are a dull grey,
the sky low
and overcast.
Trees slump,
eaves drip,
the chill penetrates.
Sure,
rain
in winter
on the west coast.
And Australia, of course,
where it's summer
and the rain is warm.
Words come to mind.
Dreary, bleak, benighted.
Worse
the drizzle will turn snow, overnight,
a thin layer of ice
by morning.
February
was once high blue sky
and invigorating cold.
The way old people like me
remember it.
The young don't notice.
Their memories are short.
And they spend their time
inside,
gazing into screens
with the blinds closed.
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