ODE TO SNOW AND ICE

yesterday morning

when I was fighting with our new snow blower

the white neighbor came over

and asked if we needed help

saying there were several idle hands in her house

this morning

as we struggled at the stairs with a huge box

containing a snow blower to be returned

a young black man just walking out of the UPS store

rushed over and said

please let me help

without the freezing snow and ice

we would have missed the chance

to feel the warmth

of the world