Iced Logic

Two friends stood talking in their kitchen one day,
Sebastian sighed and said, “Let’s chill for a bit.”
Jimmy’s crooked grin hinted something wild was on the way,
Then he rushed for the freezer's door without delay,
While Sebastian blinked twice as reason took a hit.
Jimmy flung the freezer open intent on his raid,
Sebastian grabbed his arm. “You'll flood the entire floor!”
Yet Jimmy grabbed the frozen trays of water neatly laid,
Then he snatched the ice packs proudly to parade,
Before he flung the cubes like hail, scattering to the door.
“I’m chilling now!” he cried with ice filling his shirt,
Sebastian groaned, “That is not what people do.”
Jimmy just grinned and piled the frozen cargo. “Don’t be curt.”
As ice climbed to his collar he grinned, “I won’t get hurt.”
Sebastian stared at the scattered cubes. "Well, that's not true."
When Jimmy stopped he was encased in ice,
Sebastian sighed and brushed aside a melting cube.
Then Jimmy scooped up cubes and tossed them out like dice.
“You said to chill. I simply followed your advice.”
Sebastian raised a tray and sighed, “Am I the rube?”

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Iced Logic
When one friend says “chill,” the other takes the instruction a little too literally.

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Scene One
Sebastian suggests they “chill,” and Jimmy immediately reaches for the freezer.
Scene Two
Jimmy launches a full freezer raid while Sebastian realizes the situation is spiraling out of control.
Scene Three
Jimmy proudly stuffs ice down his shirt, convinced he has perfectly solved the problem.
Scene Four
Encased in ice and tossing cubes like dice, Jimmy defends his logic while Sebastian stares in exhausted disbelief.