Munday on Monday: November

November comes (as year demands);

It’s armed with two opposing hands:

An open hand in cheery wave

As if these balmy days to save

For weeks to come. But don’t forget

November’s lurking, colder threat:

In memory, you can’t have missed —

The other hand is clenched in fist

To batter us with sleet and snow

As early blasts of winter blow.

In years gone by, such wrath we’ve felt;

So which will be the hand we’re dealt?

Don Munday, dmunday@kcstar.com

This story was originally published November 1, 2015 at 12:00 PM with the headline "Munday on Monday: November."