Snow Day

The bushes wear the snow like dowagers

accepting an inexperienced stylist's

failed experiment with highlights.

In the distance, an explosion

of small black shapes - swift birds

in the dull white sky.

A tumble of frantic, freighted words

swirl like snowflakes in a blizzard

as we talk.

In an apartment opposite

a white cat with black patches

conjures prey from under blanketing snow.