OLDSNOW

by Rich Accetta-Evans


 
Old snow piles
Retain the shape
Of drifts that drift no more.
 
They are porous and pitted
And hollowed out with little caves.
 
Their skin is glazed 
 And is mottled with soot.
 
The old soft flakes 
 Have been reduced
 To icy grains.
 
Old snow piles
Will melt inside
Sending rivers down the street.