SNOW QUILTS

I fly into cotton mist infinity
soothed by lullaby of turbojet drones
like a thousand bees gathering nectar from pink petunias
terrain beneath dappled with a million Christmas trees
frosted with milky icing, green sprinkles
black square in white wilderness outlines airport
tree shelter belts shape snow quilt blocks
river twists in serpentine curves, oxbow ribbons
roads zigzag in bric-a- brac diagonals
telephone poles parade in grenadier columns
the plane lurches like a giant teeter totter
I brake with my feet to halt the speeding plane
snow swirls like tumbleweed cross the runway
my world is transformed into building block squares