before :: after

this particular snow is shining,
has that glitter more than other snows have had
this season.

the kind that refracts the lamppost light off of the pavement even if there's just a dusting of precipitation on the ground.

snow sits on empty tree branches, which i am looking through and thinking that if anyone,

you should be here seeing them,

looking down the hill, in on the fountain, empty of water, lit from the bottom and giving a strange midnight glow to the courtyard.

the naked statues on campus remain unflinching, white flakes collecting on their collarbones and atop their plaster breasts.

pairs of headlights float forth along the highway.

you are sound asleep, which is why i need to take note of all this.