Scott Rasco

Gathering the Undocumented

The air was filled with the weight of the black smoke. No one knew who set the fires, but they had burned for 4 weeks, and there was no end in sight. The smoke left the sky blotted out, and a dark haze over the sun. There was no reason to bathe or attempt to clean because the soot covered everything. Worse of all it filled our lungs. People were left with horrendous barking coughs trying to rid their bodies of the smoke that quickly wafted in with every breath.