Expanding ice
elbows Erie's frozen shore.
As far as one can see
nature's open freezer door
has solidified waves
into strips of see-through floor
One can hear silence
in bubbles of trapped air
pleading for release
to mercury unfair
Smashed
buckled
skyscraper glass
stupendously amassed
as if atomic blast
tossed away a perfect city
A million frozen panes
artistically arranged
to melt and disappear
with winter's pity
Cryptic curves
Sculpted scripture
Words of jagged water
speak of glacier's
wish to kiss
this lake carved
long before
White swollen
lip of shore
quivers against
concrete pier
sticking out its tongue
c) C. Butler 2005
