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inferno

by Michele Schottelkorb

into the night

the flames screamed

without thought or reason

given birth by idle hands

torching without discrimination

 

how long, she asks

until we perish into ash?

 

the inferno is coming for you…

10/28/2003

Author's Note: i live in southern california... the wildfires are terrifying...

Posted on 10/30/2003
Copyright © 2025 Michele Schottelkorb

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Ashok Sharda on 11/02/03 at 07:04 AM

Vagaries of nature are 'without discrimination'. The fear of the fear is well founded and expressed.

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