it’s definitely winter

December 14th, 2005 by Jeff Leave a reply »

wake up to a freezing apartment, see your breath
muted crunch of snow tires rolling over powder
smell of kerosene heaters, and one wood stove
two old men shovelling snow, laughing at each other across the street
icicles long enough to drive through dracula’s heart (and still have some left over)
jingle bells muzak playing in the seven-eleven

yep, it’s definitely winter

4 comments

  1. Mom says:

    What a great poem!

  2. Chao says:

    Quite the contrast to the “hey, why is it not 110 degrees outside?” winter of Tucson. :P

  3. Eric says:

    You shoud count yourself lucky, my apartment is that cold, and I’m in Tucson!

  4. Chao says:

    Yeah well Eric, maybe it wouldn’t be if you weren’t so cheap on the heating. :P

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