Deceased - Richard Kuklinski rare envelope with a poem about death written on it from 1998

Amazing piece of Mob history from The Iceman Richard Kuklinski who worked as a hitman for the Gambino family . 

Life is a gift that must be given back

And joy should arise from it’s passion

It’s too damn short, and that’s a fact

Hard to accept this earthly procession

To final darkness is a journey done

Circle completed, work of art sublime

A sweet melodic rhyme, a battle won.

The envelope is penned in blue marker and signed Richard Kuklinski. Postmarked  29 Jan , 1998

Richard Leonard Kuklinski (April 11, 1935 – March 5, 2006), also known as "The Iceman", was an American criminal and convicted murderer. Kuklinski was engaged in criminal activities for most of his adult life; he ran a burlgary ring and distributed pirated pornography. He committed at least five murders between 1980 and 1984. Prosecutors described him as killing for profit. Kuklinski lived with his wife and children in the New Jersey suburb of Dumont. They knew him as a loving father and husband, although one who also had a violent temper. They stated that they were unaware of his crimes. He was given the moniker Iceman by authorities after they discovered that he had frozen the body of one of his victims in an attempt to disguise the time of death.