011923 sonnet Winter Refreshment

Winter Refreshment

A snowstorm wound across the States today,

The upper Midwest buried under snow,

Converging moisture, West and Gulf, display

From coast to coast a wicked Winter show.

The California coastal hills push back,

The mountains there and further inland too,

A whirling vapor bobs on Eastern tack

To huff and wheeze down plains, then mix and brew

With icy rain and heavy snow to lay

Down colder temps for months still yet ahead;

We watch these storms conflate to flare and slay

Old shovellers, the homeless, dozens dead.

And though the taking on at times is fraught,

Such wealth in water simply can’t be bought.