We Might Be Heroes: Snow

I only used my power once

 

July 2^nd 2005

 

It was Christmas

And it was warm

 

My brother had his kid over

And he was upset

 

They flew in from Florida

Him, the kid, the wife

Now the ex-wife

But I won’t get into that

 

They flew here

And they were expecting snow

And—No snow

 

Thanks global warming, right?

 

Anyway, I’m sitting by the window

And my nephew comes over

Hops in my lap

And says ‘Uncle Dan, make it snow’

 

Now, that’s just something kids say

My nephew didn’t know anything about…

 

Well, I looked around to make sure nobody was paying attention

And I said—

 

‘Hey, look out the window’

 

And he looked out at the yard

And the street

And Mr. Wembley, our neighbor

Who was actually laying on a blanket on his front lawn

Getting a tan

I kid you not

 

And I said—

 

‘Watch’

 

And then it started to snow

 

And my nephew put his hands up against the window

And he smiled

And he looked at me

And said—‘Thanks Uncle Dan’

 

And that was it

 

We never talked about it again

 

That kid went through some rough stuff after that

His parents getting divorced

My brother’s health scare

Moving around a lot

Getting passed back and forth

From parent to parent

 

But he always liked visiting us

Uncle Dan and Aunt Kathy

Uncle Dan who cooks, and tells bad jokes

And makes it snow on Christmas

 

Look, I’m no Superman, but—

 

You ever see a kid’s face

When it snows on Christmas?

 

Well…

Leaping tall buildings

Can’t be any better than that