Beautiful Snow for the Moment

Surprised by the snow storm that suddenly painted New York City a soft chiffon-like white/ hot coffee and roll from Moxa/ watching the snow with big wet flakes blanket the morning in quietness/even the machines clearing the snow sound muffled and distant/ coffee shops and businesses tucked away from the street seem sleepy and slow to open/ somehow this morning snowstorm, although almost paralyzing the metropolitan area, seems private/ something to be shared intimately/ these trivial moments often dwindle to extinction unless we take some special notice of them...