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Fire Fire Water Burn

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By Paul StewartPublished 10 months 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 _ Watch me burn # Our limbs are charred _ Fetal piston position saved for a rainy day - The fire consumes only the weak - Raw power Spark # fire fire water burn we never learn until the fire to which we learn yireld we shall from the gkowing red # 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 - Never extinguish your own inferno - Bonfire of your vanities - Let the flames lick - Eating the flesh * It just is # Fuse together - We rage against the dying of the light - -Invoking the ancient fire fire water burn we never learn until the fire to which we learn yireld we shall from the gkowing red - In the dying light of the sun’s final - Feuer - Not even Oppenheimer - We will burn - As our impact remains in smoke and burn marks - 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 - Implosion shatters and cracks

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Paul Stewart

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

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

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    Written by Paul Stewart