Thirteen Ways Of Looking At Olaf The Snowman From Disney's Animated Film Frozen Poem by JIMMY PROVOLONE

I.
AMONG TWENTY SNOWY MOUNTAINS,
THE ONLY THINGS MOVING
WERE THE EYES OF OLAF.

II.
I WAS OF THREE MINDS,
LIKE A MOVIE (A WONDERFUL ONE IT WOULD BE)
IN WHICH THERE ARE THREE OLAFS.

III.
OLAF WHIRLED IN THE SWIRLING BLIZZARD.
IT WAS A SMALL PART OF THE STORY.

IV.
ANNA AND KRISTOFF
ARE ONE.
ANNA AND KRISTOFF AND OLAF
ARE ALSO ONE.

V.
I DO NOT KNOW WHICH TO PREFER,
THE BEAUTY OF SUMMER
OR THE BEAUTY OF WINTER,
OLAF SAYING SOMETHING ADORABLE
OR JUST AFTER.

VI.
PILLARS, FLOORS, AND STAIRS OF PURE ICE, AN ENORMOUS CASTLE
FORMED AGAINST THE SIDE OF A STEEP MOUNTAIN.
THE SHADOW OF OLAF
CROSSING IT, TO AND FRO.
WAITING FOR ANNA
TO PERSUADE HER SISTER TO SAVE ARRENDELLE,
A NOBLE CAUSE.

VII.
O DECEITFUL MEN OF WESSELTON,
WHY ARE YOU ATTEMPTING TO EXPLOIT THE KINGDOM OF ARENDELLE?
DO YOU NOT SEE HOW THE IMMORTAL OLAF
WALKS ALONGSIDE THE PRINCESS?

VIII.
I KNOW BEAUTIFUL SONGS
AND STUNNING 3-D GRAPHICS;
BUT I KNOW, TOO,
THAT OLAF THE SNOWMAN IS INVOLVED
IN WHAT I KNOW.

IX.
WHEN OLAF WAS NOT IN THE SCENE,
IT MARKED THE EDGE
OF ONE OF THE PLOT TWISTS.

X.
AT THE SIGHT OF OLAF
STANDING BY THE FIREPLACE, MELTING,
EVEN THE MOIST STOIC OF MEN
WOULD WEEP.

XI.
THE DUKE OF WESSELTON RODE OUT OF ARENDELLE
ON A BLACK HORSE
ONCE, A FEAR PIERCED HIM,
IN THAT HE MISTOOK
ONE OF THE PILES OF SNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
FOR OLAF.

XII.
THE RIVER IS MOVING.
OLAF MUST BE MELTING.

XIII.
IT WAS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE MOVIE
IT WAS SNOWING
AND IT WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SNOW.
OLAF SAT
WAITING FOR THE PRINCESS ANNA.

Jimmy Provolone