Snow and ice may be piled high with a crust

But when it's like this ... there's a certain trust

For the stuff mashes in and makes a groove ...

Which can be followed closely when you move



All one has to do to get out is just float downhill

Braking hard at the very bottom, becoming still

And then - to get back up ... you need take time

To set it up well, thence to follow the smooth lines



- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

10:55am Sunday, Jan. 17th, 1999