Snow
Nature's intriguing carbon paper
recording visits by Pete the Cat
On his morning route checking
neighborhood security perimeters
Snow
Transient yet powerful
A gathering mob of passive resistance
immobilizing communities
Stopping the sardine shipments
holding up UPS deliveries and canceling school
Snow
Just a tiny little ice crystal so very beautiful by itself
So enchanting when frosting evergreens and holiday lights
So annoying when you have to move it from sidewalks and roadways
Snow
Ingenious cosmic trick.

So subtle.

So pervasive.

Creating such ambivalence.
I love you snow, when I am inside.
I love you snow, when you keep us home--together--
I love you snow, when you stay on your side of the wall.

But take CARE!
Don't be bringing that icky white stuff in here.
Don't you realize it is just a disguise?
Don't you realize that as soon as it's achieved it's mission,
deluding you into a deceitful sense of complacency
it transforms
morphing
into
evil
wet
clinging
dangerous
chemical madness . . . .

H2O