according to the news

according to the news, it has never been this cold in november. the grass is as astonished as the rest of us, green and gleaming beneath a coat of ice. the trees are full of brittle leaves that never reddened before browning, still stubbornly clinging to their branches. some bushes are still sporting thick and sultry leaves, flattened against each other by the unmelting snow. it is too, too cold. and still so early. they are not dying fast enough.