After the Snow

By Duane Anderson

After the snow,

then what?

Shovel paths where once

sidewalks laid uncovered just hours before?

We walk the same trail,

the grass grows brown.

After the snow,

then what?

Leave it alone, not shoveled?

We walk the white sands of winter.

Let the footprints grow deep in the snow

and scatter with the wind in all directions.

Duane Anderson currently lives in La Vista, NE. He has had poems published in Fine Lines, Cholla Needles, and several other publications. He is the author of ‘On the Corner of Walk and Don’t Walk,’ ‘The Blood Drives: One Pint Down,’ ‘Conquer the Mountains,’ and ‘Family Portraits.’