February In New Hampshire

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An appliance box nests in the bed of a brown truck,
the truck is eastbound on Route 202 & 9, as are we.
Its back bumper totters, burdened by the BUSH

sticker. NPR reports the death toll in Iraq, more Iraqis
killed, more American troops killed, more ally troops

killed. The box's flaps pop open & we are suddenly
caught in a blizzard of white Styrofoam packing
peanuts, the artificial snowstorm in BUSH's wake.