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Red Orchid
I.
A fire ignites gladdly on the stove, tea kettle pealing frantically
while salt and canola oil singe away the ceiling and ascend.
II.
A strange, red fabric pools in the sky,
offers billows of smoke to fill a white balloon.
III.
A sudden wave of heat is nothing more
than the train of a gorgon's sacrimental dress.
IV.
The hush after a wildfire is far from silent,
after all, it is then that the ground refills,
the pop of seeds exploding out of the earth,
tossed into the underbrush like rice at a wedding.
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