The Physics Of Snow Angels

The legacy you leave behind
Children numbering in plentitude
Such adorable snow angels they make
I watch them spread their quaint wings aflutter in the morning sun
And come the lengthening evening shades

Drifted over by the wind

Gone

These fleeting impressions that are your words

Remarkable poetry subtracted of its poetry is just that
Alchemic equations failing to measure up into anything substantive
Formulaic fodder for the sake of water cooler discussions
Doodles and scribblings written in dry erase marker
Easily wiped away from a whiteboard