It cannot be Christmas without snow
just as Christmas cannot be without a tree
a tree cannot be without a family
as a family cannot be without a tree
on Christmas, in the snow

invocation of playfulness
the drifts of snow cry out
force you to be true
changes the world entirely
the landscape, the realm

you cannot be the same all year
thus the necessity of snow
a reminder of yourself
a five-year old all grown up
a child in a three-piece suit
making snow angels