The forest burns and no one<\/p>\n
gives a damn. There were some<\/p>\n
virgins in the trees, but they<\/p>\n
may have gone now.<\/p>\n
After all, what sort of virgin<\/p>\n
likes the smell of burnt pine?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We dip our thumbs in the ashes<\/p>\n
and smear them on our foreheads<\/p>\n
over the scars of our shocks,<\/p>\n
pray to Erato, look around<\/p>\n
for what may have once been a road,<\/p>\n
or a row of movie theatre seats<\/p>\n
that may have been concrete blocks.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Somewhere in the distance sap<\/p>\n
boils, tree explodes, sunlight must<\/p>\n
glimmer off pieces of bark but we<\/p>\n
cannot tell what direction the sound<\/p>\n
came from. We try to orient<\/p>\n
ourselves, follow the sun. You take<\/p>\n
off your shirt, wrap it around your<\/p>\n
nose and mouth, but cannot tell me<\/p>\n
if it is virgin wool. My cane combusts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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