Today For the First Time

Today for the first time
I saw the road as a runner
What was once a four-mile eternity
Segmented into digestable portions

I believed it was a level track
Circling the basketball court
Level from start to finish
Even in difficulty; level in plane

False.
The first half? All uphill.
The second half? All downhill.
The end? Back uphill.

There's a rhythm.
That's why I died after two miles?
That's why after a quick walk I could finish?
I found the secret.

Today for the first time
I saw the road as a runner
What was once a four-mile eternity
Is a five-mile breeze

Snow (2)

The snow is falling
In that kind of television static way
That makes one wonder

Is snow being hurled angrily
to
the..........................my apartment?
ground................swarming
..................furiously
Or are lice