The Dragon’s Mouth

Look at the ice. It should be
Thicker. Will it get thicker?
If it does, then you won’t be

Able to come look at it.
You’ll be stuck somewhere lower
Thinking about the high ice,

Thick as it should be by then.
But for now it only shrouds
Half the bay. The long shadows

Mean it will get thicker soon,
But only for overnight.
Past dawn it will thin again.

Look at the ice. It’s normal
It’s ice, but not that it’s thin.
Get lost, before it thickens.