AFTER THE CHRISTMAS PARTY
Antifreeze or whisky
too much or too little
and you’re in trouble
This is the scene
that you would see
if the swirling snow
would let you
A young man
in an old Fork truck
heading West at
three miles an hour
Driver’s window open
arm extended full length
Mittened hand holding
twelve volt spotlight
beam groping the ridge
along the gravelled lane
Two feet from death on one side
ten on the other, and happy