When the Weather Breaks

I wonder sometimes,

if less crime is committed

in the dead of winter?

Do thieves and murderers

choose to stay inside

where it's warm

and wait for the weather to break?

If that is so

then I will move to Siberia

but then,

men are angry there too

because they have no food

and icicles cling to their beards

so that won't work

I should just forget about

the angry people

and maybe . . .

they'll forget about me.

Joanne Cucinello  2012