Winter Day: Arbor Day at Honey Badger

Winter Day: Honey Badger

by Armando Ortiz

We sat there on the benches recalling,

Arbor Day in Ann Arbor, like it was yesterday.

Precambrian weather and frozen plains,

Hanukkah aligning with the stars, and

Saturnalia directly following along.

Rompope warmed our hearts, and

hard-sauce calmed the cold, putting it at bay, though

frosty nights took over the long evening, with

Bullring hours that tackled our sleep.

Negligee dreams during those winter days gave way to lights

Rear-ended by morning glory rays of light.

Now mornings are warmed with cups of champurrado

soothing our bodies as the cool chill is pushed aside

and a new day is about to rise.