January 19, 2022

January
- Rahil Najafabadi

The city isn’t itself until the sky’s opening takes the cold,
and gives the children time to play. Snow polar bears appear
in New York––they need the cold to stay frozen in the parks.
It’s alright to be cold and to rush under the blankets, the quilts:

We have a home and a candle we can light, but this child
and its polar bear have the warmth to stay outside,
even in the blinding blizzard and the bone-aching cold.

- R.N.