ice melt

tribeca hardware
 on
 chambers street
 has
 had this in their window
 for 
weeks


thursday morning 
as i walked by
i had to stop
the
irony

frosty
is standing there
hawking
ice melt

that's the stuff
 tossed onto sidewalks
 to
 keep
 melting snow 
from
 forming ice 
when 
the temps elevator 
up/down