Detroit Blizzard with Dreams of War / Andrew Garcia

In such an evil wind as this—
(no cheeks there are but burn with frost,
no hair but it is tossed, and tossed;
all snow is lifted, strikes, and twists,
and blows along with scattered hiss)—

Men and women, as they pass,
with long eyelashes frosted bright,
or dark mustaches stiff with ice,
they cannot help but share a laugh!
For, suffering twice, we suffer half.

Andrew Garcia grew up in Ypsilanti, and now lives in the Woodbridge neighborhood of Detroit. He is a graduate student at Wayne State. He has 2 cats.