Saturday, November 15, 2014

the fire barrel

a fire
barrel, raging
with
flames,
its hot
throat
carving leaves
into ashes
that rise
and float
across a harsh
blue
sky stirs
memories of a
younger day
when this was
permissible,
and there
were no
sirens coming,
circling
in echo,
speeding your
way.

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