Groundhog day 2021 - Tuesday, February 2nd

Coincides with astronomy's cross-quarter day,

marking the midpoint between

winter solstice and spring equinox,

which will occur at 5:37 AM on

in Northern Hemisphere

Saturday, March 20.

Small consolation old man winter

spans fewest days

of all four seasons,

especially when massive nor'easter

predicted today January 31st, 2021

including within neck of woods

named Perkiomen Valley Pennsylvania.

Yours truly remembers

when spry Jack (hoar) Frost

(just yea high -

both arms stretched to sky)

came early, left late and bossed

vernal equinox

rattling barenaked branches

obviously inapropos

to budding friendship.

Now (courtesy global warming/ climate change)

mother nature experiences feeling strange

within valleys and atop many mountain range,

wherein goods traded away on stock exchange.

Fortunate concerning yours truly

versus daring to brave

inclement weather

getting stranded in the process

(possibly becoming gratefully dead)

risking life and limb venturing forth

amidst near whiteout conditions

creating debacle perilous and grave

shoveling snow lest he get buried

he can remain holed up

(in tandem with the missus)

snug as a bug in his mancave.

While nestled inside warm abode for awhile

(at least until temperature upwards doth dial

safely ensconced against elements (of style),

I stopped at metaphoric woods edge

trekking until... for no rhyme nor reason

the poetic metered equivalent,

viz another mile

then stopped for coffee break

burst of energy gave me cause to smile

fording imponderable stream of consciousness

impossible (airy) mission to dodge regarding

aforesaid daunting task to craft worthwhile

poetic endeavor to entertain anonymous readers

gleaning how one bard (with his shaky spear)

evokes fiction being snowbound

as if cast adrift within Siberian exile.

Straightaway I continue writing askew

aware how literary trademark modality

characteristic of Matthew

unwittingly indelibly embedded

analous to mine Caucasian

versus swarthy melanin hue

man automatically confers eligibility granting

innumerable known mighty opportunities

(privileged skin color - how unfair)

bigoted prejudices shade those,

either hashtagged as black, brown

naturally copper toned gentile and/or Jew.