Whenever a snowstorm hits the Twin Cities, the snowplow drivers at the airport take pride in their ability to tackle the job. And I have never doubted their skills in keeping the runways safe.
MSP in Winter
A chorus line of snowplows
takes to the airport tarmac
kicking up powder in perfect unison,
coordinated as the Rockettes.
Behind the scene, weeks of work
go into exact choreographed routines.
But all shows, sweeping or short,
call for last minute tuning: changes
in line-up, a tweak in tempo.
The crew, in sync and jazzed, commits
to the runway, sustains the rhythm despite
minor slips in the dance, drifts of snow.
Marilyn Aschoff Mellor
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