Ashes to Ashes
Ashes slough off as water drips from nozzle
Fire devours hill after hill Panicked horses shriek
Coyotes wail in the moonless night
Sparks spew on rooftop Garden hose plays god
Our dog Phoenix ran when the sky moltened
He hightailed through the cypress grove
down the canyon away from the blaze
A cougar's ruby eyes flicker in the dust
The Magic Flute sings in the living room
Bird people float through smoky yellow
Bull horn announcements repeat
Evacuate Evacuate Evacuate Now
Grandpa Leibowitz built this house himself
his family perished in holocaust flames
so we take these trickling hoses
sprinkle our home for redemption
Ryfkah 7/20/02
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