Yard Sale of Thoughts

Snow is No One’s Savior

Katie Frances Hartless
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Snow is no one’s savior.

Milky weather makes 
landmarks blurry.
White-out splatters
bombed streets,
but can’t cloak retreat,
camouflage violence, or
brighten a heavy defeat.

Snow is not worth worshiping.

We’d wait to buy the
generator too late,
and have to burn
all the furniture in the place
to keep alive till spring.

©2022 | K.F. Hartless

Cover Art: Maira Kalman, Man in the Snow, 2012

6 responses to “Snow is No One’s Savior”

  1. Melissa Lemay Avatar
    Melissa Lemay

    Burning all the furniture sounds like a good time.

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    1. K.F. Hartless Avatar
      K.F. Hartless

      🤣Yes, well. I have a few Ikea pieces I wouldn’t mind burning myself, but I’m happy to have to climb into bed each evening.

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  2. Tom Avatar
    Tom

    Very poignant message, K. Great verses! 🙂

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    1. K.F. Hartless Avatar
      K.F. Hartless

      Thank you, Tom. I’ve barely been getting in any writing time these days, but the end of the year approaches, and I’m hopeful I can find more time to do what I love most.

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  3. EclecticMusicLover Avatar
    EclecticMusicLover

    Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where it only snowed in the local mountains, I loved the idea of snow. But after spending 17 years in St. Louis – where it didn’t snow heavily very often but when it did, was a major pain – the novelty wore off.

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  4. Photography314 Avatar
    Photography314

    Snowones ready for that!

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