Winter Night Driving
we did prepare for seasonal changes
flurries, fluttering flakes, melded snow, ice
but roads present unforeseen challenges
black ice sends vehicles across a slice
of pavement destroying the hidden mice
blue lights pass, police, ploughs, protectorates
finding the lost, clearing the way, like plates
hard, dark, covered with salt and sand, and when
night breaks, on starry skies, silhouette gates
distract – horrid potholes jump up and then…
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