For Love of the Fire
Carolyn Zeibig
Jack be Nimble
Look at me Jack- I’m quick
Reaching for my candlestick.
Want that fire,
said, I need a light
I hold it more closely
for the love of the fight.
Wake up! Says I
Rock Shocks and Talks,
mindful jamble;
Apple’s wormhole staring me
squaring me in the eye.
Most precious daughter-
the seventh princess-
hair eddies and broils
like fire in the Styx River.
Poor peddler with hand painted urns-
Ashes, ashes I’ve been burned.
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