Snow, by Don Tassone

Snow. Blinding snow, whipping snow, raging snow. Snow slicing sideways though the air like a frozen, pulverized river. Snow so heavy it bends trees and amputates limbs. Snow that disorients then buries animals. Howling snow, screeching snow, wailing snow. Snow that blots out the sun. Show that fills in crevices and blankets lakes. Snow that freezes skin and calcifies fingers and toes. Snow that mummifies men. Drifts of snow, mounds of snow, mountains of snow. Biting snow, pounding snow, suffocating snow. Snow that blocks your advance and turns you back. Snow that falls for days and just keeps falling.