Polar Plunge
By Sara Codair
Kids are swimming in snow.
Literally.
Two of them,
bundled up to twice their width
in blue jackets, snow pants, mittens and scarves
jumped off a dock
into snow that was up to their waist.
They waddled and wobbled
and used their arms
to propel themselves forward
through the powdery white stuff
that covers the ice
that was once a lake
all those months ago
when the sun was golden warm
and the water was shimmering blue.