Snowflakes, Christmas lights,

Mistletoe,

Where are you?

Wind, sleet, rain,

Where aren't you?

'twas winter in Nanchang,

But it hardly snowed

Stuck in traffic,

under the Twin towers,

only artificial white foam fell

Trapped by homework,

Piling up to the ceiling,

You look out at the icy winter

morning.

Birds shivering in their perches,

Cats curling up under benches,

And you,

huddling into yourself at your

desk,

Writing your last piece of

homework in 2023.

‘twas the night before New

Years…