I present for your approval (with apologies to both Simon and Garfunkel):
“The Snows of Winter”
(sung to “The Sound of Silence”)
Hello Ice Melt, my old friend,
It’s time to scatter you again,
Because snowfall softly falling,
Left inches while I was sleeping.
And the barrier that was planted on my walk
Still remains.
Within the snows of winter.
In winter garb I stomp alone
Down covered walks of ice and snow,
‘Neath the halo of the street lamp,
I turn my collar to the cold and damp
When my drive was filled by a passing plow
That cleared my street
Of ice and snow of winter.
And in the morning light I saw
18 inches, maybe more.
Snow packed in my driveway,
Ice packed tight that won’t give way,
Ice and snow packed the end of my driveway!
I cursed the plow,
As I shovel the snows of winter.
And the children ran and played,
‘round the snowman they just made.
And the snow just kept falling,
On the drive I was shoveling
And the snow laughed, the laugh of an evil god
That held me bound
Deep below the snows of winter.
Yes, it needs tweeking. You are welcome to make corrections below. Or write a verse or two of your own.
Merry Sunday, one and all!