Pine-boughs snapping
under weight
and wind

Cars careening
off highways
pinballs on black ice

Snow drifting
over mailboxes
and wayward cars

Furnace working
overtime
if you’re lucky

Dog refusing
to even try
he’ll “go” inside

Windchill freezing
exposed skin
frostbitten flesh

Pipes bursting
undrained spigots…
Why did I forget?

Homeless dying
unseen; unheard
encampments are cleared

This polar-vortex-
bomb cyclogenesis
creating all kinds of menaces