of ice

your subject line

your last message

hit men

normal family

the Ice Man

Richard Kuklinski

tubs of ice cream Richard Kuklinski brought home for his kids

basement freezer

padded lock

tubs of ice cream packed around a leg

your writing frozen-up

you walking around the lake sizing up your ice

your legs are frozen

Dostoevsky's crystal palace mediocrity

how much is too much here

or now

your mistaken

even a little-mediocrity isn't possible for you or me

old icy-heights dwellers like us I mean

I'm strangely touched you thought I didn't know who Arthur Bremer is

I always push my luck too far

I'm wondering if your ice is melted yet

do I have a mistaken notion about your ice

incredible

I know exactly what you mean

it took Arthur Bremer's gun to knock the ice inside George Wallace loose

you mean incredible you could still be impressed

what does Arthur Bremer do with freedom

I know

I thought I was frozen too

I wish just once someone would tell me I could tell them anything and mean it