a little gray building issue 2 | Page 35

Blizzard

Malcolm Kurtz | 7th Grade, Room 217

A little Gray Building

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I wake to a white backdrop pulling my attention to the window

A desert of pale sand consuming everything.

Each symmetrical flake of ice forms a bigger picture of

snow-covered streets, houses and trees

Every step is recorded under the files of snowstorms

Indented into the snow, a boot shaped imprint tracking

how far you’ve walked and where your feet have taken you.

I thrust open the door and cold wind shakes the newspaper

as it blows the napkins off the dining room table

The first step into the snow rushes holiday memories into my head

I trudge through the flurries