LATE WINTER

November passed and I was so happy
December passed I was so happy
Thinking we were in the clear
By February the sun should be sneaking around the horizon
The birds coming back to us to sing hallelujah
It is spring!
We should be stripping the furs and the weight off
Come February
Here is February
A blizzard and three storms in two weeks
Are you kidding me?
Christmas and the holidays are now histories
Ginormous flakes of snow fill the air
We can never see the ground
Yay...it wants to keep coming down
My eyes hurt from the bleached snow
My arms are tired
Pushing the broom that kicks the snow
Off my car over and over
My arms tired from forcing a big shovel through giant-sized snow cones
The two feet froze reptile tails
Keep growing themselves off the sides of the roof
I keep breaking them and soon their bodies will melt