that Kansas passed a law <br />endorsing intelligent design <br />and not long after reading the article <br />eighteen inches of snow hit Brooklyn <br />so deep that Spinoza high school <br />was closed for the first time <br />in eight years <br />at night I strolled the avenues <br />now <br />a winter wonderland <br />when suddenly from the heavens <br />more snow <br />and a joy I couldn’t really fathom <br />took me— <br />alive <br />just being alive <br />then marveling at snowflakes <br />in the palm of my hand <br />no two alike <br />ever <br />on all the fabled streets of Brooklyn <br />now twinkling with mile after mile <br />of unthinkable beauty <br />this system of transformation <br />dazzling <br />or the heart beating <br />or each cell <br />living and dying <br />within me <br />without my awareness <br />of the miracle <br />yet <br />somehow <br />a force <br />beyond my calculation <br />shaped this fantastic <br />intricate <br />self propelled <br />structure.<br /><br />Charles Chaim Wax<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-read-in-the-new-york-times/
