Ice-9 Cubist

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Ice-9 does not freeze the room
it freezes the idea of the room

Water learns a new rule and obeys it forever
angles replace currents
flow becomes law

Her face is built from emergency exits
each plane a different temperature
each eye witnessing a separate ending
one sees before
one sees after
the third is a rumor held in glass

This is not a portrait
it is a containment unit

Heat approaches but cannot negotiate
gold light fractures into polite squares
fire becomes archival
emotion is filed alphabetically

Ice-9 is democratic
it converts everything it touches
memory
touch
names
the future

The cubist trick is not breaking things apart
it is showing how many ways something can stop at once

Her mouth knows the word melt
but never says it
speech would spread

Behind her the world has already agreed
brick by brick
pixel by pixel
to hold still

Time stands at attention
and waits for instructions that never come

Ice-9 does not kill
it perfects

Nothing moves
because everything has arrived