maybe a house on the gulf side

as the snow

falls

i hear the neighbor

talking

about Florida, the gulf side.

his voice

muffled in the enormous 

white flakes

and wind,

maybe

a house in Tampa,
he says

to his wife.

i can't take this anymore.

she lifts

a half filled shovel

of snow and carries

it to the curb.

he scrapes

the ice off the windshield

of their car, then

turns to me,

while i'm shoveling,

and says,

i'm thinking

about Florida.

maybe

in the spring,

when the weather

is nice. what do you think?