where did the snow go
where did the snow go
after all was said & done
even the mountaintops
are void the color white
gale-force winds
snuffing the candle’s wick
where did the snow go
after the seasonal rains
brooks & streams & creeks
swelling and flowing
rivers beyond banks & lakes bulging
like the waxing gibbous moon
where did the snow go
or was it simply sleight of hand
eyes looking upward
into an unfamiliar troposphere
tricking the mind into believing
the brilliance is forever gone
june two thousand twenty-four
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