black bird wings bright
tucked in shut tight
breath held quick flight
twist through soft sight.
The Arsonist
The man whose arms
are made of fire
is quick to burn,
and be burned
in his desire
to committ arson.
"Arms don't burn
houses; people burn
houses!" -
this
is his cry. But
the tears
from the fires
and the houses
frames twisting in
flames spreading
rarely belong to him.
It is the right to
burn houses
to have houses burned.
It is the right
to defend your home
by burning your
neigbor's.
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Thoughts on fires. And the arms that bear them.