Snow blankets the ground like white choco(late)
to dinner means no biscuits (for) you
a small down-payment, we can guarantee love, happin(es)s,
cape routes include the front door, the (fire) escape, the mind
burns the hands if held too tight. Like(wise), the heart
as your grandmother was, she couldn‰ЫЄt out-figu(re) time
claim the roads: plant snow peas on the yel(low) line
man on the pole gets to shovel
CL Bledsoe is the author of the young adult novel, Sunlight, two poetry collections, _____(Want/Need), and Anthem, and a short story collection called Naming the Animals. A poetry chapbook, Goodbye to Noise, is available online. A minichap, Texas, was published by Mud Luscious Press. His story, “Leaving the Garden,” was selected as a Notable Story of 2008 for Story South’s Million Writer’s Award. He’s been nominated for the Pushcart Prize 3 times. He blogs at Murder Your Darlings. Bledsoe has written reviews for The Hollins Critic, The Arkansas Review, American Book Review, The Pedestal Magazine, and elsewhere.