This is
schnee that has
reached the next level
and become
eis.
No longer just a children's
plaything, an ill-advised
snack, this snow is now
edgy, dangerous,
grown-up.
It has a real use now -
skiers in sunglasses
can check their
slicked-back hair
and gain momentum to get
more
air-time, even as they
waste life-time.
This is snow with a
career,
a purpose,
a twelve-year-old in a
suit.