White Out - Days Go By



Two weeks ago: whiteout here in Baltimore
hunker down in bed with reheated chow mein
and bags of crispy noodles.

But now, warmer: folks have dug out,
icebergs black with leaves and muck.

Finally, I can reach
Mother's nursing home,
push her wheelchair
past flows of frozen runoff.

The days go by: "Today is. . .
The season is. . .
The weather is. . .
The next holiday is. . . "

Christopher T. George