that Kansas passed a law
endorsing intelligent design
and not long after reading the article
eighteen inches of snow hit Brooklyn
so deep that Spinoza high school
was closed for the first time
in eight years
at night I strolled the avenues
now
a winter wonderland
when suddenly from the heavens
more snow
and a joy I couldn’t really fathom
took me—
alive
just being alive
then marveling at snowflakes
in the palm of my hand
no two alike
ever
on all the fabled streets of Brooklyn
now twinkling with mile after mile
of unthinkable beauty
this system of transformation
dazzling
or the heart beating
or each cell
living and dying
within me
without my awareness
of the miracle
yet
somehow
a force
beyond my calculation
shaped this fantastic
intricate
self propelled
structure.
Charles Chaim Wax
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-read-in-the-new-york-times/
