I have been yearning for the cold weather
and holy hell it’s here brrrr brrrr brrrr
shiver shiver shiver
57 but seems like 27 since it snuck in
so quickly and coldly last night
and was much lower than 57 initially
which my apartment has hung on to
like a kid refusing to give up one of its toys
I think it likes the cold more than I do
I’m gulping down hot coffee
blanketed in layers of warm clothing
and a hoodie and a lumber jack hat
which has warmed me up enough
I refuse to turn on the heat
until the cold becomes near unbearable
before I freeze to death
I did this last year successfully
and plan to withstand the cold
even better this year
you may think my plan is crazy
maybe it is but I don’t want to spend
a small fortune on heat with my poverty line
Social Security income
when I like a beast in the wild can endure the cold
and like the challenge of enduring it
like maybe that beast does
and maybe like that hairy beast I’ll get more hairy
longer hair and a bushy beard
besides this Don Quixote jousting with the cold
is one of the few quasi adventures left in me
in my reclusive, nonadventurous life at 80.
Bob Boyd