january

[Myotis]

snow covers my walk to school

like a nun covers cleavage. winter

is nothing new, she’s been stuck

in my head for months,

(fuck mariah carey)

the world is a numb white,

and so are my hands -

just as we forget what green

looks like, the feeling in our

skin falls frozen off the bone.

december is a cold-hearted

bitch, dolled up in ornaments,

wrapping paper, adolescent

laughter, empty wallets.

jesus celebrates his

two-thousandth odd

birthday, and it’s clear

that under all of december’s

ugly-girl make up is just

pine needles. fucking everywhere.

Honestly I found this poem funny. Sold at Mariah Carey haha. f that b jk . I like the symbolism of christmas time being a facade of happiness when its actually a sad time for those less fortunate. And I'm curious if the reference to pine needles adheres to girls not shaving their legs as often during the winter hahaha.