jack daniels and candlesticks
cancellations and closings
scrolling ad nauseum
alphabetically directly below
animated weather map
the snow never came
like they said it would
though the freezing rain
arrived unexpectedly
sleeting sideways and relentlessly
coating every single wire and branch
from here until next tuesday
putting the city and her
satellites out of commission
there’ll be no welfare checks
not tonight or tomorrow or
maybe ever again
the powers that be giving way
to unapologetic anarchy
all because of a little weather
january two thousand twenty
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