Carmel, New York

I always like winter
best
you can drink hot cocoa
from Starbucks
and lattes
and tea
and coffee
and lots of
gingerbread
and festive cookies
by the fireplace
and listen to
holiday music
in every store
you enter
until it drives
you crazy
and go to
art exhibits with
your friends
and wear boots
and hats
and scarves
and gloves
as you try to fight
the frost
and the snow
and the sleet
and the wind
until you get
to the car
crank up
the heat
and all is well
again