Fire is only hot to the touch so I watch the flames flip around like ladies coming out of water and throwing their hair out of their eyes. And I watch the colors infuriate the grass beneath, for being so bright and making that green so dull. And I watch the heat that I cannot feel The temperature only visible mentally So for a while I pretend it’s cold Because I can And for a minute I pretend it’s wet, so if I had stuck my hand inside I would not burn to black But become glazed in red water And maybe it would taste of coconut or something similar So that if I licked my hand I’d enjoy it because of my liking of coconut And while I’m at it I pretend the entire world is completely different And my mind is finally at ease Until I’m called into the tent to sleep and the snore of my friend brings me back to where I am And what I’m really doing And how the world really is