Cold Snap

Dark clouds roll in from distant polar regions

turning temperatures from summery to winter overnight,
They say (relief) it's only for a day or two but parents will be
pulling out the boxed-up down-filled coats and hats and gloves
for kids and by midday tomorrow, when the sun returns from
its vacation, oh-so-brief, the lost-and-found at school will be
in overload and children will have one more reason to believe
adults are strange.


(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014