Anonymous - Winter in NOLA

Christmas in New Orleans

Burning cold and wetness.
Some might ask how this might be.
Something so cold that it burns?
Something that should be dry is wet?

Christmas in the Oaks, warm gumbo,
and wreaths on every streetcar.

Some might be asking where and what this is.
Decorations on the “Wedding Cake House”,
                                          fake snow in damp yards,
girls in white dresses with their moms
                                       waiting for Teddy Bear Tea.
You are asking where might this happen.
Its here, in New Orleans, where else would it be?

Anonymous, age 14