Alive
and it’s a long way
up the mountain
white-haired man sat down and said,
“this trail is not for the old
but for the young”
the out-of-breath woman agreed
and the kid zipped by
and the ones with no quit
made it to the lookout tower
and were rewarded with rain
and down the mountain
the rain turned to hail
and after a zillion miles
back to civilization
in the comfort of the car
the ice thawed
quick as it fell
not a drop, not a pelt
smiled to myself
as the windows
fogged
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