Winterlude

For those who don’t
already know ..
Is that portion of time
which consists
of more than a yawn
and a pause
between dying
and kickstarted breath ..
It is without doubt
that single
portion of time when
still waters
harden and everything
slows, to barely
a halt and is likewise,
held fast
in a firm, gout like grip
and only ever
set free, by these
occasional snow ploughs ..