Questions starting with W—as in

Wings—fap-flap about.

Startled crows in crowded cabin.

No chute out of plane in flight

and anyway you’ve been blinded

Because I’m an old crusty muck my back ails me greatly and I suffer and groan in the morning. Because I suffer in the morning I lie stationary in bed far longer than I should, bypassing an early breakfast and a productive start to the day, sometimes until as late as ten in the morning.

I see my small hands cupping snow,

pink fingertips outlining white magic fluff.

I feel confused by my numbed digits,

sheer joy at this landscape

and mood-transforming substance.