there’s a guy standing beside me
waiting for the bus
guy says
Israel is like a coffee cup
then he wipes his nose
on his sleeve
Israel is like a coffee cup? I say
how?
I should know? he says
I look like a philosopher?
the snowflakes fall
like fat angels
except they’re tiny and flat
and each is different
though sharing the same
crystalline form
here’s a Kleenex I say
then hand it to the guy
but the guy is gone
and so is his nose
