grey pin-stripe suited businessmen
wear leather dress shoes without soles
that don’t skate well on ice
causing
their stork legs to slip and spread
bending knee behind ankle
contorting them into a new species of flora
a bill fold producing variety
blooming following each winter storm
poking its head from the gutters and slush piles
surrounding McPhearson Square
howling about the inconvenience their PDAs
felt during the morning slog through creeping cars
missing
beauty held in the unexpected spring bloom of winter’s depths
that makes children smile at the incongruity
of their fathers staring up at them.
