South Side
Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: South Side
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: August/2014
Old Man
Winter,
Is
moving
slow
bringing
Coughs
and
Colds,
to
the South-side
of
Chicago -
Man!
I thought
this cat
was gone,
He's Back!
With
a
Vengeance,
Icy and Bold -
I see him
through
the Arctic
wind,
moving
slow
In
the
Bitter cold,
On the
South side
of
Chicago -
So
Slyly
dressed,
with
a
wool scarf
about
his neck,
old
trench coat,
and
leather boots.....
"Yeah,
that's him
alright!"
thinking
he's
Camouflaged,
but,
I see
through
his
disguise -
As he
wrecks
winter havoc,
on the
South side -
Wait!
now he's
raising
his hand,
as though
to
say hello....
Nope!
Instead,
he
made
It
Snow -
The
whole scene
has
changed,
with
ONE wave
of
his hand.
Folks are
cold
down
to
their toes -
and
they
Shiver
and
Shake -
There are
Ice
on shingles,
and
Frost
on windows -
Old man
Winter
is in
his zone,
Polar zone -
Cars are
stranded,
and
The Loop,
has
Shut down.
The entire
City
is
at a
Standstill -
And
Old man
Winter,
Fridgit
as
ever,
Is
moving
slow
in the
Bitter cold
on the
South side
of
Chicago -
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