- Vol. 08
- Chapter 05
Futurama
They will tell their children
how snow flakes
fell from the sky
about their crystalline beauty
their soft crunch underfoot
about the glittering frost
in the mornings
the ice on the ponds
icicles hanging from eaves
birds searching for food
leaving tracks in the snow
they will talk of times
when people inhabited igloos
cut holes in the ice to fish
when holidays were spent
on snow slopes or ice rinks
mountains were white and serene
there were snow angels
snow men
toboggans
huskies drawing sleds
they will tell stories of glaciers
and icebergs
the Titanic
the Endurance
Mount Everest
and Mount Kilimanjaro
Futurama
blizzards and whiteouts
avalanches
ice roads and snow drifts
this
when ice cubes in drinks
are all that is left