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Feb 2018
Orange, red and yellow
Against the western skies.
No, it’s not Christmas lights
But California fires.

Hot, like a raging bull
Emerging every bend,
Terrorizing one and all
It soars upon the wind.

‘Tis larger than New York
And Boston states combined.
The third largest Cal fire
Has yet to be confined.

The so-called Thomas fire,
Formidable at will,
Sadly has razed life and land,
And yet it rages still.
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Note: Poem written on December 16, 2017, while California's Thomas fire was still raging.
© 2017 Walterrean Salley
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walterrean salley  usa
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