a cold day, a fixed pipe, a wet shoe

a cold day, a fixed pipe and a wet shoe



a cold day
a single sheet of ice across all the world
no one can walk or stay standing for long
once fallen, we crawl, even there comical
to a frozen support
snow from the bank
filling the boot
the pipe breaks in our hand
we need eachother today
borrow socks, wrenches
whiskey

the single sheet of ice
levels egos and expectations
and that is good
we crawl towards eachother
glove off - frozen to the broken pipe
hand out

here, friend

inside, thawing, we can stand up straight
can do it all alone
can walk alone again
down the hallways
in which judge and jury mumble