{"sf1_id":2189495,"sf2_id":"B1Q6X7Ze","title":"At the Mercy of the Flurries","author":"Apolarbear17","words":238,"posted_at":"2024-10-17T04:00:29.000Z","tags":["Metaphor","Snow","Vent Poetry","Waiting","venting","work"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2189495-at-the-mercy-of-the-flurries","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/B1Q6X7Ze","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/d7/8c/d78c0d5e-95a6-4592-ac5b-093bf9541abb","description":"The other half of the set of vent poems I mentioned in the last one. About work and snow and maybe a little more than that. Originally posted in January 2024.","content":"\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;At The Mercy Of The Flurries\n\n \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n \n\nYou can see the strong winds rustle old leaves and barren branches\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAnd you hope that it and the cold combined are good signs for snow\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSnow is what your job depends on and you’re hoping for it to stick\n\n \n\nTo be a good amount but not overly pile on\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt’s your job to clean it and keep it out of the way\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nTo clear up spots and make paths\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut the snow has been scarce lately and sometimes plain doesn’t last\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nYou keep waiting and waiting for the optimal storm\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nTo get your equipment and get to plowing the snow away\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut at most there’s been a couple of flurries and that’s not nearly enough\n\n \n\nYou’re struggling to make a living this way\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nTo wait on snow that sometimes comes\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAnd sometimes teases you with only flurries\n\n \n\nMost people would rather have at most the flurries and nothing more\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nNot liking the snow and considering it only the sign of a chore\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut for you it’s a living and one that you like when it’s within a desirable range\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSo you wait and you check every so often to see if it’s coming\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nTo see if you got lucky and the weather has changed\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;"}