Some words for the week

The plow makes a cutaway

of the frozen snowbank

at the roadside

a two foot straight slice

a subtle geology

of this winter

layers of ice and mud and ice

piled almost waist high

in the shade

and absent completely

in the grassy sun spots

I find a fossilized plastic bag

stuck in one of the striations

and I think about time

how everything mimics itself

the way the ice piles up

like the mountains did

how there is a science

to our aging too

the way all our lives

add up in wrinkles

in scars

in miles on the car

in little moments

noticing the snow

before we too melt away

Alexander Shalom Joseph is a writer from Gilpin County. He is a published author. For more information and to subscribe to Alexander’s Newsletter go to alexandershalomjoseph.com