The Skill in Gravity
Vantage is a type of wood,
a sound knock of understanding,
that reverberation across
a snowy vista,
children sledding until
they meet with something solid
the ones that have seen
the other seasons,
let them set up the track
unless they've got
a score to settle.
Let the plow pile
up the snow
for a bank like a pool game
and there's the skill in gravity
that grating, the grind
under a plastic sled
until you meet the other side
the unwind
and sleep later.
Ah, winter.
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Author's Note
Winter sounds, sorely missed. Florida has its swish and sway, but not the whoosh and away of my childhood winters.
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Good one, but I don't miss Minnesota winters at all. *
"that grating, the grind
under a plastic sled
until you meet the other side"
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Evocative piece Sara. Some of my friends in places like LA (for instance) think I'm out of my mind living where I do, but crazy or not, I love winter. (Just not all the time) You reaffirm this for me in this piece. *
You people are very kind. Thank you, Jake, Sam and Michael! I said I miss winter but really I miss the idea of winter.