It’s Cold

Now that the Vikings are done for the season I’ve shifted my allegiances to the Kansas City Chiefs. Their quarter back Patrick Mahones is so fun to watch. This evening, their game against the Miami Dolphins holds the dubious distinction of being played in the coldest temps in NFL history. It’s minus seven in the third quarter. Yet Mahones is keeping it together and just lead his team to another touchdown bringing the score to 26 Chiefs 7 Dolphins.

A chilly environment is sometimes created by other factors than a north winter wind. I don’t think it was the same type of cold that Emily Dickinson is referring to in poem #538 below. The commentators say the feel of the football is not the same in the frigid temps. In the same way a greeting or expression of concern can be passed on heavy fumbling words.

‘Tis true — They shut me in the Cold– by Emily Dickinson

538
‘Tis true — They shut me in the Cold —
But then — Themselves were warm
And could not know the feeling ’twas —
Forget it — Lord — of Them —

Let not my Witness hinder Them
In Heavenly esteem —
No Paradise could be — Conferred
Through Their beloved Blame —

The Harm They did — was short — And since
Myself — who bore it — do —
Forgive Them — Even as Myself  —
Or else — forgive not me —