We taste smoke in the air
and the sun
is a yellow red
blood clot.
Rumours
gather
a rainless storm
burgeoning
pushing into
our shoulders
stumbling the conversation
over uneven reassurances
The CFA blasts
past
a smear of red
a blare of portent
against the unease
You are sorting photos
memories spill
from your fingers
to fan the floor
in faded brilliant
colour or
black and white
diffusions.
Watching the warning
web site
refresh
an auto action
carried out by
fingers and fear
The list of flames
licks the page
in
the flicker of
the monitor glow
3 comments:
'the list of flames licks the page ...' ooo, very nice!
what is CFA?
Country fire authority
Massive volunteer organization partially funded by local and federal government here, thousands and thousands who give up their time to fight fire here.
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