chinese snow whispers

They're mostly falling straight downwards
because there isn't any wind, and so
the air between them stays
the same
shape
all
the
way
to
the
ground.
On the whole, they're white, but
if you look very carefully
in the right places,
and don't blink,
you can see
narrower
clouds
of
pink
ones
and
gold
ones
(these are
Emperor Flakes,
and they travel first class).
Every now and then there's
an incursion into
the VIP lounge
by a bunch of
upstart! white flakes
but they're seen off
after a bit of flurrying,
which is mainly for show, really
but anyhow, hon, you
would have
loved it.