Freezing Cold

A double layer coat with a weather-proof shell
a hat and gloves
Sneakers and jeans
Are what's needed for a freezing cold walk
Along the frost-stained and wind bitten pavement
Littered with salt and sand from this and other storms
Snow adrift here and there along the journey

Just across the bridge and inch of flurries from the night before haven't been shoveled or plowed
Squeaking under foot from the too-cold
Sneakers crunch a fresh path, the bottom half not getting cold
The top half wind-whipped and zipped up to the chin
Exposing just the nose and beneath the glasses

The cold, the freezing cold causing fluid leaks
Threatening the safety of the whole situation
Tears in the storm
A nose running away
Bravery and health and adventure and strength and triumph at stake
A simple walk in the freezing cold

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