see for yourself

i am writing this on wednesday evening 
 it hasn't started snowing
 yet
 it is 
very 
very 
cold

 i came home
 a little while ago
 after having dinner
 with
 my friend liisa from helsinki
 she's in town for two weeks
 she said
 its been colder here
 than at home

 i remember how mild it was here last winter 
how i would see her photos on instagram 
of
 snow drifts
 so amazingly high
 i couldn't fathom
 what would happen
 when they melted
 she reassured me
 they drain off into the many lakes

 this winter
 they've not had a lot of snow
they have had a lot of rain
which made the ground soggy 
then
 it froze 
leaving us both wondering
 how many
 of
 the plants
 bushes
 bulbs
 would survive

 anyway
 we had dinner
 good conversation
 and
 i am so full

 i walked to 72nd street again this morning
 yes
 i got on the correct train

 i like walking
 i get to take photos
 as i go 
it was a frigid 14 degrees
 this morning
 i am bundled up 
so
 all that gets cold
 is the finger
 i use
 to
 'click' the 'shutter'

 i noticed
 the stores
 that were open
 before 7

 i think
 its interesting
 to see
 the neighborhood
 getting
 ready
 for the day

 i am not sure
 if i would enjoy
 the walk
 in the dark 
but
 now that the sun is rising earlier 
its sort of pleasant

 here
 see 
for 
yourself