"reliable snowshovel" and "since there is no end I take a break in the middle"

reliable snowshovel

reliable snowshovel, can you really dismantle the sky in one night

you have imagined further than me and done it

January seems longer this year, merciless

on the mind, reasonable chance of death

in the wind I seem to forget every winter what winter is

forget how to shovel a blizzard

back pain from overextending my back

how wonderful the paramedics still intend on rescue

their red-blue tendrils reaching far across the ceiling into rooms

where we're huddled by the fireplace with delusional tales of positivity

the corpse on a slab

requires two people to lift, file, and index

is it cold there too, I forget

snow had accumulated overnight

the snowplow has been by

and someone has salted the sidewalks

since there is no end I take a break in the middle

when it comes to delegation of household tasks

I prefer snow shovelling over cooking

it is more mindless and less thinking

like cleaning, it is an act of daily living

that you repeat until you move or die

sometimes multiple times a day

since there is no end I take a break in the middle

go back inside to take some layers off

drink some water

the cat jumps onto my lap

warm and fat

best to snow shovel when there's no rush and no plans to go anywhere

sometimes I go row by row other times diagonally

or from the middle

when the snowbanks are my height I start on the street

and shovel towards my door

the neighbour sees me and asks, where's the husband

I say, cooking and cleaning