“If Winter Comes, Can Spring Be…”

 “If Winter Comes, Can Spring Be…”

By

Garry Engkent

Once upon a time, 1923, a young immigrant grumbled about the snow, so much of it. Jack Frost overheard and said: “If you don’t like it here, you can go back where you belong.”

Once upon a time, 2001, an immigrant’s child complained about the snow, piles and piles of it. Santa Claus overheard and said: “If you don’t like it, just go back where you belong.”

Once upon a time, 2030, a senior citizen from an immigrant family moaned about shovelling the mounds of snow. A white neighbour overheard and said: “Go back where you belong!”