An Old Fashioned Winter

Little drops of water,

     Little flakes of snow,

And  zero  weather,   eight  to  twenty

below with  high  prices for coal,  and

the water pipes frozen up, and when it

thaws  two  feet  of  water in the street

and   four   in   the   cellar  makes   it

the toughest winter

     That even I did know.

Feb. 28, ‘04