designated deity

King Winter breath-octane pushes jalopy
lead footed off eggnog, driving purt-sloppy
   over the hills he goes, laughing all the way
   he's got the hat and schnapps, illicit tesla-sleigh;

reindeer scatter to avoid his careening,
geese go bald-ducking his swan ugly evening,
   the Winter King neighs, frost his accelerator,
    before him valleys shrink, neither debate nor

wall of heat to hold this snow,
no summer kept forces force back winter-foe;
blizzarding function, enemy of May
    whose cuddle deep soft nests makes rest a play,  

   snowdrifts his crowning most peaceful attire
   water reduced in rank, a gutter squire