They have the storm of the century

every winter in Buffalo.

 

Buffalo is like a pilgrim site for snow.

Buffalo is Capistrano for blizzards.

 

Think of the word, “snow-bank.”

Think of Buffalo as the Federal Reserve.

 

Imagine Lake Erie as your in-laws

and know how Buffalo feels

 

every winter during the holidays

when the in-laws drop over.

 

Why not just say that Buffalo

has been asking for it,

 

that Buffalo has it coming?

Or why not think of it as

 

arriving unbidden and unexpected

like love—super-abundant,

 

borne by flights of angels,

and way beyond deserving.