Frigidity

Oh why does it have to get so cold again.

After a relatively warm day, where we even
had a short thunderstorm in the afternoon,
now it will go down to -14C tonight.

Walking home from the Streetcar
was a be-a-tch. It must have taken me
twice as long to walk that short distance,
because of all the ice on the sidewalk.

I nearly fell on my @$$ several times,
and under the railway bridge, where large
mounds of ice collect from the weep holes
in the retaining wall, there is a massive
hunk of ice, that requires some climbing.

I nearly slid onto the road, into oncoming
traffic on that one.

I shouldn't complain though, as I am in
my warm home, as countless homeless
people are freezing tonight.

DB.