the whole ugly town was covered in snow

we had

snow back then.

we loved

snow.

we loved the roads

being covered,

the houses,

the chain linked fences,

the garbage

cans

all in a row,

the telephone lines

laced

with snow,

the old bowling alley

with the caved

in roof

covered

in it.

the dump

surrounded by barbed

wire,

the whole ugly town

from

the grocery

store

to the liquor store,

to the schools,

to the shelters and soup

kitchens,

all of it covered and gone

disappeared

under the thick cold

curtain

of snow.

it was wonderful.