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Confessions of a Western Pennsylvania Winter.(Poem)

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From: National Catholic Reporter
Date: 20030314
Author:Ciocco, Gary

Confessions of a western Pennsylvania Winter 
 
   I dreamed I saw Saint Augustine 
   in the pristine and glistening 
   new mountain snow. 
   It was a decent and pure coating 
   and he was brimming with gratitude 
   for the December gift 
   after entirely too much warmth and wetness. 
   Many have said--then and now--"We 
   went straight from summer to winter; 
   We never had a Fall." 
 
   But there he was, 
   Saint Augustine on vacation, 
   passing the afternoon behind a 
   cookie-cutter condo, 
   romping in the soft and fine 
   snow, alternating high leg 
   thrusts with a ...

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