Monday, October 27, 2008

WHATS TO COME

OUR DAYS ARE GETTING SHORTER, WHILE THE NIGHT'S HOLD ON US INCREASES. MAKING IT COLDER OUTSIDE, FOR LONGER. CANT WE JUST SKIP WINTER? BUT THE PEOPLE LOVE WINTER IN MICHIGAN. DONT GET ME WRONG, WINTER BRINGS SOME SORT OF BEAUTY TO THE PLATTER OF MICHIGAN SEASONS THAT IS RARELY DUPLICSTED ELSEWHERE. SNOWFALL IS DECREASING, I THINK. COLD'S HARSH MAGNITUDE INCREASES ANNUALLY. THE WINDS INCREASE ASWELL. AND IT IS THE WIND THAT I DO NOT FAVOR. FOR WIND'S CHILL HAS AN ALL ACCESS PASS TO JUST ABOUT ANY PLACE, ON EARTH AND IN SPACE. THERE IS NO HIDING. ONE CAN TRY TO SHIELD FROM IT, WHICH WORKS TO A DEGREE. NOT IN OUR FAVOR, I'M AFRAID. AS FOR THE SNOW, IT COMES IT GOES IT MELTS AND REAPPEARS. MOST DAYS IT IS A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES. AS FOR THE OTHERS IT IS A SORRY SIGHT FOR THE EYES. THE THOUGHT OF HUNDREDS OF DRIVERS MAKING IRRATIONAL CHOICES BEHIND THE WHEEL GETS TO ME. THAT IS WHY FOR NOW, I WILL RIDE MY BICYCLE. UNTIL THE SNOW FALL, I WONT SEE THE REAGE. THE SNOW BLANKETS THE ICE CRYSTLS, FEEDS THEIR GROWTH. SPIKES IN TEMERATURE, WHILE NICE, ONLY LATER HELP ICE.

i WROTE THIS AT DISCUSSIONS THIS MORNING WAITING FOR THE BUS.