Winter

Overdressed people
splashing water
on freezing cars , thaw themselves
with cups
of tea , breathing hot mist into
a frozen air
that  doesn't care .


A housewife will tell you
her chores and mores
are never done
only postpone
life , for a bit
so she can breathe


Trees wait
dripping with fog
condensate
for cold smog
to rebate
mini puddles filling
winter celebrates


Some trees
are too much like humans
they lose it all
in winter and fall
then sprout again
new life new vigor
and learn to laugh
again


Trains hoot repeatedly
in the white dark
fog filled night
a lamp is a joke
vision is ousted
and sound rules
again