The Abominable Snowman

THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN it started out white but the late snow was weeks old. results were a fright – those red pepper lips, corn teeth, tomato ketchup eyes, the tire-track forehead, the oil and grit in his cheeks – my roadside snowman. and those dried apricot ears been in the pantry for years abominable! – chest a tattered cardboard box, gloves were threadbare sox on discarded broomstick arms – my roadside snowman save demise for last – the tall, wide-brimmed plastic hat was what did him in. when the morning sun came out just everything went flat what a sorry sight that vegetable salad in a muddy drool, with young springtime’s merry sun the ruin of late winter’s fun