Winter in Vermont

I can’t leave

How could I?

I love how my nose freezes off when I walk outside in winter

How when I go out in the spring, I sink in the mud up to my thighs

How when I wake up in the summer, it feels like I'm on the face of the sun

And how in the fall, I have to wear a sweater to bed so I don’t wake up frozen

But it’s winter in Vermont, I’m frozen to the ground

And now you know why I can’t leave