Fire! Fire!

It was after midnight. I awoke to an acrid smell.

Reminded me when I spit on a soldering iron

To see if it was ready, it was coupled

With the odor of drag racers' peeling tires

Haze smoke crawled across my bedroom ceiling

Loud beeping and chirping from smoke detectors

Screaming danger in my sleepy head

Reached for my cell phone, called 911

Gave my address, trying not to panic

Said please get here as fast as you can

Jumped from my bed, the floor getting hot

Slipped on my shoes, the first thing to do

My dad long ago said when escaping a fire

Opened the bedroom door to take a look

Downstairs flames licking up the stairs

Like a fire-breathing dragon puffing away

My mind shouting a no-nonsense warning

To get out of the house as fast as I may

What to take? What to take?

Ripped a blanket from my bed

Wet it down in the tub in the bathroom

Put dripping blanket over my head

Grabbed my wallet and keys from the nightstand

Took the metal box with important documents

Opened my gym bag, threw in some clothes,

Dropped in my jewelry box with hidden cash

Bounded down through the flames on the stairs

Out the back door to the stand-alone garage

Drove the car through curdling smoke

Sat miserably across the street

Watching plumes of black smoke

Billow through the front room windows

Waiting forlornly for the firemen to come

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