The winter season’s harsh and pitiless.
Our wildlife must survive on meagre scraps.
Inimical conditions do not bless
cold earth which Nature’s snowy mantle wraps.
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And Man, besides, must struggle to compete
with icy paths, damp slush and freezing air.
Each local A and E is oft replete
with those who come to grief through lacking care.
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But children find the magic in this time,
constructing men of snow in urban parks;
with eyes of coal and twigs for arms – sublime!
Toboggans, too, and other joyous larks.
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While winter challenges the elderly,
our offspring frolic quite contentedly.
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