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Ski Writing

          Powder by the Numbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One powder morning

 

Millions on millions of snowflakes

 

Thousands on thousands of ice crystals

sparkling in the frosted trees

 

Hundreds of skiers waiting in line

for the first chair, the first gondola

 

Dozens of lines, untracked slopes

to chose from

 

Sometimes a couple of tracks

from skiers who got there first,

woke up earlier than you did,

it doesn’t matter…

 

One mountain blanketed in fresh snow

 

One turn becoming two, three, four,

and on and on and on

till you lose track,

till you can hardly stand up

 

One perfect turn, effortless, floating

that repeats itself and never stops

that goes on forever

or at least until

this powder morning

is only a memory

 

One powder morning