How Cold?
So cold that smoke comes out of chimneys
and just falls to the ground…like grey dust.
So cold that cats are walking on two feet…
both on the same side of their body…alternating every
ten or fifteen steps…Quite agile really.
Dogs pee…pale frozen fog…hurts to watch.
Birds hang around squirrels…trying to
get wrapped in that furry tail.
Human necks shrink by two inches…or more.
Children in full Michelin Man outfits bounce
off walls, trees, cars and each other…laughing.
Cars go whirrr…whrr…w.t.f.
Fashion victims run from place to place
in skinny tights and even bare legs!!
Old guys with two toques and two scarves
and two coats and two pairs of pants,
heavy boots and gloves…sitting on the sofa,
Scared to go outside.
Parts fall off perfect strangers visiting
from warmer climes.
Books refuse to open.
Snow cries when you walk on it…
Groans when you drive on it.
Flags don’t flutter or wave.
Exposed skin ages five times faster than
Unexposed skin… people have older noses.
They say that alcohol makes you feel the cold more…
Until you drink enough of it.
I’m not there yet.
Blues: 16 02 2015
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