snow day

house building comes screeching to a halt as the first whopping snow of the year locks driveways, buries foundations, and blankets plywooded floors.
fourteen inches have fallen between midnight and noon today and more flakes are careening to the ground and drifting across the streets to join their brethren in a show of wintry solidarity. plastic shovels scrape out sections of walkways only to be given endless fluff to pack their greedily gulping maws. lower backs cry out for respite from the continuous stooping and sweeping of the almost weightless powder. denim packs and freezes, then thaws to a miserable sogginess. restorative lunch fulfilled in the form of steaming soup and toasted cheese sandwiches.