Circa 2000: I have no memory of what inspired this poem, just a memory that one of my female profs avoided making any comment on it.
His anger
like a wildfire
ignited
consumes
every convenient combustible contiguous
object
violent flames
reach reach
resist yet invite
bodies to quench the rage
Her anger
like a fireplace
fueled
savors
every twig branch marshmallow
smoldering embers
linger linger
resist yet invite
fire irons to tend the flame
Their anger
like a firebug
growing
greedy feeding on
every firecracker firework, firing line
powerful pyrotechnics
play play
resist yet invite
rhetoric to raise the blaze
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