you steal my every breath
and paint my cheeks scarlet
the mercury of your dial
leaves little care for any put out creature
just conscious deprivation in the general
overwhelming of one's senses
yet children love you and gregarious antics
while school officials despise your unapologetic
disturbance of their carefully mapped out curriculum
but neither the children's love nor the officials
despisal
can keep your bluster for mischief and mayhem
off the news programs or out of the local papers
for you what you are
winter blizzard
a truly most pitiful muse............
(written Nov 23,2004 83pm)