Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Management Fire

After decades of firefighting
to protect the Giant Sequoia
they discovered only fire
clears the brush so it can reproduce

Now they have management fires
scaring us late night tourists
with a wall of smoke
into a motel's lank embrace

Maybe I knew this already
desperately sparking my love for you
with a box of wet matches
in a forest of volatile strangers

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