Date:         Sun, 14 Jan 1996 23:29:04 EST
From: "Let it snow..." <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Subject:      FILLER: That Thin Veil of Ice
Comments: To: a drift? <writers@mitvma.mit.edu>

[ah, what fun, sometimes to lurk in the gossip's bowl,
in very likeness of a roasted crab...tink]

That Thin Veil of Ice

When did that cold breeze blow so soft and gentle,
light fluffy flakes to etch a skin of reality, mounds
melting into droplets of delight on rosy cheeks, mirrors
bright blinking eyes filled with pure white light?
What light snow of Fimbulwinter froze the here and now
out of the churning heat of the god's stewpot of chaos?

Look close, but breathe lightly and carefully, for too hot a puff
may break the skin, shatter and melt the delicate tracery, make
us peer into that which lies hidden behind the crystalline
draperies, the cotton candy whorls, yet--does anyone know
if, once removed, those drops and tears will reform or
fade into the air, leaving the fearless asymmetry unframed?

What mortal hand or eye could cast these words, spin these
spells of lightest flakes?  What the hand dare seize the ice?

he walks the jungle of the night, he waits for you to write.

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