<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fire Poem</span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A piece of paper</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Drifted down</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">From the sky</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Amidst the ash and dirt.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The paper was part of a dictionary.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It landed by the sanctuary door.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The words defined were</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tempest</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Temple</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And so it was,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">From the tempest to the temple</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">From the storm of fire to the sanctuary</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And on the edge of the page</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Partially charred</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The word </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Temporary…</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Scattered over rooms and fields</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The pieces of my life</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Are not to be gathered</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><br></span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Take your valuables,”</span><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> they say.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They are scattered</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They cannot be gathered.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ceaseless roaming</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Scattered memories</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Can all of what I care about</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fit on this memory stick?</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> - Barbara Hirschfield</span></p><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div id="AppleMailSignature"></div></div></div></body></html>