Snow Day

By Ben Fetterman

“SNOW DAY”
In childhood,
This simple phrase
Brought out boundless joy,
As school was cancelled,
And play and sledding could commence.
The older we got,
The more we saw it as an extra day
To finish up our homework
And to cram
For the exam
That got delayed
That day.
As adults,
Snow days become truly rare,
And mean missed pay,
As well as miserable shovelling
And chipping the ice from our windshields.