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fire

the roaring furnace of the forest

ate the trees and all their leaves

it danced for days

for months

for years

highlighting clouds

in a painting on the sky

but then, in the end,

as it choked on its ashes,

it tried, but it died,

and left us in the dark.

June 21, 2021