To Make Summer

To make summer, empty out your ice cube trays
or ice maker bin.
Let the old refrigerator smell
vanish down the drain with the water you have freed.
Fill the trays with spring water and put them in
or replace the bin
and turn the ice maker on.
Then wait patiently,
as you have
all through the endless,
frozen in the dark,
for summer ice.

May 9 2015