Afternoon Snowstorm In January

Afternoon Snowstorm in January David J Walker What else would I dream about in January When the chill is enough to kill All incentive And the north wind huffs its wicked breath In a cruel Laugh What else would I dream about except a certain day in a Far away June The 10 O’clock sun blazing its tune to The roar of the lawnmowers Joining the song Shorts and a t-shirt is all we had on And new flip flops that knew to keep time all along the sweet smell of fresh mown grass and the shrilled laugh of children flying On swings that become wings against a summer sky What else would I dream about when An ice storm sets in except the Cherry Icee’s we bought At Gordon Moore’s drug store For a dime There was Cherry and Cola Root beer and Limon Lime We started to notice that Girls were different A mystery that would never be Solved What else would I dream about in the concession to an afternoon snowstorm in January long gone