Note – any resemblance to a well loved children’s book is purely intentional.

by Frank Schroth

Goodbye to All That

In the great outdoors

There was a ton of snow

And streets full of ice

And a parade of

snow plows at quite a price

And there were ice dams galore draining onto the floor

And too much gliding

And too much sliding

And my God it was cold

I felt so old

Neither shovel nor snow blower could deal with the slush

And many an official screamed “This is too much!”

Goodbye snow fields

Goodbye ice

Goodbye snow plows (at what price!?!)

Goodbye to sliding

And goodbye to gliding

Goodbye cold

Goodbye shovels

Goodbye National Guard

And goodbye front loaders rumbling down the road

Goodbye ice damns!

Goodbye rock salt

Goodbye to slipping

And goodbye to chipping

Goodbye stupid roof rake

And goodbye parking bans

Goodbye blowers

And goodbye closings

Goodbye slush

And goodbye to flinches hearing we’ll get 12 more inches

Goodbye icicles

Goodbye snow

Goodbye winter it’s time to go