Sue Neufarth Howard
SNOW DRESSING TREE

With soft downstrokes
white velvet
transforms
your elbows, knotty
knees, wrinkles,
bony limbs,
form fitting
clinging like
skin, accentuating
your figure until
dressed for a royal
ball, resplendent,
shimmering,
regal, you
gracefully nod
to greet
your retinue.