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the fire of '68 (3)

JenniferMaxwell

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since 2006-09-14

Posts 2423

0 posted 2007-10-07 02:48 PM

it wasn’t quite by accident
the little cape cod on murphy’s hill
in watertown
burned down in 1968.
it was more like the misadventure
of adding accelerants
to glowing coals in a brazier.
the burning bed, smoldering sheets
in blacks and blues, the gas turned up
to desperate measures, the oven a maw
gaping and waiting.
the hearth cold embers
he stirred to flame again
and again with bludgeoning
poker until the misadventure
when the kerosene rag
flew out of her trembling hand.
the doors are gone, windows shattered
in that little cape cod
where darkness still smolders
on the interior and creeps
over murphy's hill.
r/d

[This message has been edited by JenniferMaxwell (10-07-2007 09:56 PM).]

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

1 posted 2007-10-07 03:15 PM

i don't usually come here to read because i go on open poetry 41

But this caught my eye

GOOD JOB

ARCTIC WIND

JenniferMaxwell

Member Elite

since 2006-09-14

Posts 2423

2 posted 2007-10-07 03:25 PM

It's a rough draft but thank you very much for your kind comment. Love your pen name, Artic Wind. Very pretty.

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