playing with fire

i decide to play with fire.

put my hands

in it, waving my fingers in

the heat.

i jab it with a stick,

then throw

a broken bottle into the flames

to see if it

blows up.

i throw some newspapers

in there.

some old sheathes of poems.

photos

of now insignificant others.

i put a marshmallow

onto the end of a 

skewer

and make some smores.

i throw some water onto

the blanket

where it catches fire

from leaning in.

i swab some neosporin

onto my burns

and blow on them, before

getting the butter

from the fridge.

i'm having a good old

time playing with fire.