Every once in a January

Deep within the Volunteer State

An icy hell overtakes us all

Never planning a single date

Deciding many-a critters fate

All the while, school children anxiously await

From it’s frozen jaws, painful winds blow

Chilling you down to your bone

Unceasing, unrelenting, always hungry for more

Never targeting a certain zone

It’s wintery grasp claims you as it’s own

All of nature, as you let out your final moan

But just as quickly as it arrives, it leaves

Gone, without a single trace

Leaving residents frustrated, angered

Why must I continue to live in this place?

And from their memory, this dark winter erased

Onward, onward, to Spring’s warm embrace.