First Snow in the City
Below sun-peeking white cloud tendrils,
The battle cry of an icy wind
Charges unrelentless through the streets
Besieging dwellings of the rank and file
Standing belligerent
Against the stark reality of gray--
Collecting the pummeling snow
In their eaves and shutters.
Frosty frigidity
Dusty and clinging;
These impenetrable fortresses of coziness
Unyielding
To the wrathful assault
Of first snow in the city
(c)Expressions by Christine 11/1999
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