Driving Away, Christmas Eve 1998

Jared Povanda

How far can you get

at your current speed

before the storm

makes you stop?

How much snow

has fallen?

And what do you have

besides your hands

to unbury yourself?

Jared Povanda is a writer, poet, and freelance editor from upstate New York. He has been nominated for Best of the Net and Best Microfiction, and his writing can be found in Pidgeonholes, Cheap Pop, HAD, and Wrongdoing Magazine, among others. Find him @JaredPovanda and jaredpovandawriting.wordpress.com