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The Annual January Thaw

Member since 2004 · Posted 27 Jul 2004 · 4 comments

Arousing hope, tempting young hikers to let down their guard so he can kill them, natural selection sends the unwary out in tennis shoes to lose their senses in watery snow. Thus he reduces the optimist population, promoting survival of embittered stoics who believe he is against them.

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[8] Shuushin 27-Jul-04/1:12 PM Reply

I must be one of those embittered stoics.

I remember hiking, not in January (May I think), when there was no snow at the bottom of the mountain so I wore hi-tops on a whim - mistake since I was soon tramping through snow...

crappy snow. Good poem.

[9] INTRANSIT 27-Jul-04/5:45 PM Reply

Interesting shuffle.

[10] Dan garcia-Black 27-Jul-04/7:10 PM Reply

Great last two lines! The reversal of whom is against what took me a re-read to get. Well worth it to someone who thinks a hike is walking to the corner 7-11 instead of taking the car.

[9] Venus 29-Jul-04/12:21 AM Reply

Yeah...you've captured city life...nice work