Not enough
go back out
says Dad
It’s colder
wetter
more snow
Go back out
get more
says Dad
We lug our
metal pail to
the coal pile
Under white
with spades
we chip at black
Little comes
hands red and numb
we dig
A current MFA candidate at Wichita State University, S.H. Woodgeard lives and writes out of the American Southwest. S.H. can be found on Twitter @shhhwoodgeard.