"Ode to Endless Winter"

Fresh snow, deep snow

Wet snow, powder snow

Dirty snow, yellow snow

But never "no" snow

Snow blowers and snow plows

Snow shovels and snow piles

Slippery roads, salt, grit

Blowing snow and snow drift

Short day and long night

Lead to lack of sunlight

Vitamin D deprived

How do we survive?

Outrageous heating bills

Force supplement thrills

Use wood stove beater

Or kerosene heater

Wear a hat we are told
Or risk nasty head cold
Nasal drip, drip, drip
Lead to a doctor's trip

Artic Express forebode

Layered clothes overload

Thinsulate, polar fleece

Toe warmers for our feet

Nothing to do but ice fish

So safe thickness we wish

Hoping for solid clear blue

But crusty white often will do

Oh winter be gone

Open water we long

Desiring more on our line

Than these tiny perch we malign

Darl Black

February 2011