Poem from 1986 thinking about the latest blizzard

this was a "comic relief poem" I used to perform in 1986 when I first started doing poetry readings in Philadelphia

say there’s a week long blizzard

and just about eveything’s shut down…

you stock up coz you can’t shop

but if you have a job

your work place is shut down

which ain’t no tropical vacation

but hopefully you have an apartment

and even if you do have an apartment

the landlord ain’t giving you a discount on rent

and it’s fitting that this happens in February

3 days shorter than January or March

but you don’t get 3 days cheaper rent

and it makes sense they made this

Black History Month….                      (1986)