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Date Posted: 01:41:49 10/27/03 Mon
Author: Leisa*)
Author Host/IP: ip68-101-135-105.sd.sd.cox.net / 68.101.135.105
Subject: The Fires

The Fires

it burns through
eating as it goes;
feeds off the slightest wind
and shows no sign
of backing down

I almost feel safe
at this distance
but having watched
the erratic patterns
I know no one is safe

I sit outside;
it's 1:00 in the morning,
after the time change
and the ocean sounds
as though it will roll
right up in my yard,
even though I am five blocks
away now

Just last week
I dreamed of
the tidal wave again

Outside, and on our cars
it looks like nuclear winter
has landed

I keep the inhalers
close by
and a bag packed
with essentials,
the fire box,
the cat carriers,
just in case
we have to flee

Sometime this afternoon
the earth moved
again under my feet,
no surprise

I should try sleep,
me and Rob were going
to sleep in shifts
but I never could take mine

I stay on guard
and wait out the wind,
wait for back up support
to come and help
put these flames to rest

It's a long night
and the Santa Ana
keeps flowing
while the fires
rage out of control
with no end in sight

Leisa*)
10.27.03
1.20 a.m. PST

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