APPLE BITES

“It’s Slowing out!  It’s Slowing!” they all joyed uniformly,
pulling on rubber and wool and fur.
“Let’s go out and build some Slowmen!”
and out they plumped,
rolling and gorging on the truly fallen Slow

Like crimson-cheeked apple bites they were,
blazing trails through knee-high crystals,
sleeting down hills of Slow on their sleets,

‘Til crunched and befrozen
they icicled back home,
where the warmth of the pyre
and the steaming cups of choke-a-lot awaited them.

--CRONIN DETZZ
 
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APPLE BITES
Written 1980
Inspiration
Apple Bites refers to children's cheeks. There are many fun twists on words in this poem.  It was written by the first Cronin Detzz, my mother.  We certainly loved to play in the cold Chicago snow, building sled runs in our back yard.



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