it took until
the night before
the last day of February
for snow to fully blanket
New York City

and that last day,
did it glisten and glow?
did it soften the world?
were there snowmen and angels about?

no.

24 hours post-semi-blizzard,
the air around it
started to melt the white stuff,
and turn it into ice over that night,
and dripping, dropping slush the next day.

what a grey and gloomy,
cold and foreboding,
proof of climate change winter
we’ve had this year