ONE WINTER ADDITION

 .
teachers to small children



the world over



pastors to parish



they all will tell the pretty truth



(aside the pretty lies, “pretty lies”)



that crystalline snowflakes



are unique. unique.



and maybe later in both



secular schoolrooms



and sunday school classes



(and in all their varieties the world over)



small children might make snowflakes for themselves



they’ll fold lacy paper exactly in half



with a good crease



and taking their round-ended scissors



they’ll cut their very own unique cuts



so that when everyone unfolds their lacy paper



and lifts it above their heads



everyone can laugh at their uniquenesses



.



but one thing that ministers & mentors



rabbis & nuns will fail to add



is that those one-of-a-kind snowflakes



are all



alone



in their descent



on icy black currents



all their night fall