Vignettes from Friday’s fire pit

Junk mail

and old receipts

make good kindling

From the end

of a rotted log

a beetle crawls out

Stands on a brick

and races off

before it gets too hot

On its way to the park

a calico with a belled collar

walks quietly through your yard

A woman walks by

on the street and talks

to an invisible man in her ear

A raccoon lopes out of the park

stops to look at you – you thought he smiled

saunters off in search of supper

You wonder how a creature

that confident can end up

as roadkill, but they do

As the fire dies down

you roll the recycling can

to the street

Sit back down

…..and watch the glow ripple

along the surface of embers

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