Tag Archives: Blizzard

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