the freezer was getting stinky

our icecubes smelled like fish

there were some frozen bones and heads in there

the remains of meals eaten too far from garbage day

it would have been too soon to put them in the bin 

so we froze them

but months pass and the freezer becomes an icey trash can

and i wonder        –          i ask lizzie

how can something frozen       give off smell?

i suppose

she says

things are always melting

at their surface

but this doesn't seem right to me

how can something melt if it's below zero?

all of which simply shows       

we know nothing

much 

about smell