Josef Krebs
And as the Ice Melts And as the ice melts it falls from the upturned shaker to the wounded wooden bar top In a last attempt to be free and express its nature Sitting there stunned Blacks dappling its body Liquid leaking pooling As if nothing mattered Yet the fundamental processes of life Ice melting absorbing energy Breaking the bonds that kept it together That lead to heartbreak and seeming destruction Oblivious in the needs of other drinkers Until spotted silting it's swept back to rejoin comrades Sitting in the sink Legion Sharing their cold and ultimate fate As they join drinks Are exported into the waterway To become pure Once again Flow