Winter is one thing

[plural]

but this is just fucking

recockulous

I ran into my neighbor
as I sallied forth into the world
and at his suggestion decided
not to postpone clearing my driveway
as when the plow comes by tonight
it would make it nearly impossible to get through

there is something particularly delicious
about the utter futility of using a snow blower
during a blizzard

especially when the three hours
you spend clearing out just enough room
for your car to park in the driveway
and opening a gap in the five and a half foot
mountain of snow at the end so you can get out
to the street
knowing that every thing is closed
so you aren't actually going to go anywhere
and
before you have a chance to anyway
the city plow is going to come by
and put another three feet at the end of your driveway

standing in my newly created gap
the middle of which comes up to my nipples
admiring the hell out of my glacier gear
that has allowed me to move effectively
and stay nice and warm throughout the process
one can only muse at the insanity of it all

I decided to forgo bothering with the walkway
for the time being
as the snow there is only up around mid thigh

and it hardly seems worth the effort