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Fire Fire Water Burn

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By Paul StewartPublished 27 days ago 1 min read
Fire Fire Water Burn
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Someone somewhere

lit a fire under my ass and watched it burn and singe

Stop drop and rolI

fire fire water burn we never learn until the fire to which we learn yireld we shall from the gkowing red-
Young lady young man
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Watch me burn
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Our limbs are charred
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Fetal piston position saved for a rainy day
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The fire consumes only the weak
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Raw power

Spark
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fire fire water burn we never learn until the fire to which we learn yireld we shall from the gkowing red
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It turns out I get easily distracted deluded into believing the hype
The fire is set and it feels so
Not steady or harnessed
Unharassed is a fucking joke
I'm not paying the bill
I want the charred remains of a giant
A dickens to throw
A Brontë either will do
Don't burn books because they question
Burn the book burners what no that's irresponsible
But then I am irresponsible
A man with a mind that races harder than his flamethrower singes
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Never extinguish
your own inferno
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Bonfire of your vanities
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Let the flames lick
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Eating the flesh
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It just is
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Fuse together
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We rage against the dying of the light
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-Invoking the ancient

fire fire water burn we never learn until the fire to which we learn yireld we shall from the gkowing red
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In the dying light of the sun’s final
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Feuer
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Not even Oppenheimer
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We will burn
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As our impact remains in smoke and burn marks
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My penance my punishment
My literary denouncement
Never listen to the man
On
Fire
Watch him burn
Mark the spot
With flowers and wreaths
A memorial stone
Or maybe a
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Implosion shatters and cracks

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About the Creator

Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

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  • Leslie Writes22 days ago

    I read this one a few times. It’s so spontaneous and dangerous. Damn!

  • Aarsh Malik24 days ago

    I’m struck by how rage, intellect and self-awareness collide here. It feels both reckless and sharply conscious.

  • angela hepworth24 days ago

    This is such a brilliant piece!! Just raging with passion! Or burning with it, if you will.

  • Mark Graham26 days ago

    I third it burn the book burners for we need books to keep learning about ourselves and others in the many ways they do serve us.

  • Tanya Lei27 days ago

    I second with burn the book burners 😂

  • Ah so those aren't typos hahahahhaha but just your quirky style in poetry. I loved it!

  • Andrea Corwin 27 days ago

    A lot in her, including Oppenheimer. Never extinguish your own inferno -Bonfire of your vanities and HA - I agree: Don't burn books because they question Burn the book burners what no that's irresponsible. NOT IRRESPONSIBLE.

  • A. J. Schoenfeld27 days ago

    Perfect timing, we were just evacuated for a fire alarm in the building. Thanks for providing a thematically appropriate poem to pass the time while we wait for the fire department. Just glad this one didn't make me blush. This was a wonderfully chaotic poem befitting the unpredictability of fire. Lots of lovely lines but alas it's time to get back to work. No fire here today, just a lot of smoke.

  • Harper Lewis27 days ago

    I totally relate

  • Nice ❤️‍🔥

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