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Poetry: Fire

Each flame is an acrobat
leaping and lapping
lunging and flapping
a tongue of quick red
licking and crackling
tasting and clacking

Together forming fire
a door to desire
or drowsy dreaming
while red heat plays upon our faces

A tool and a toy
consuming fuel
while fueling joy

And something to be feared
that gives and takes
equally without warning
never without warming
hearts, hearths, homes
and humanity

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