04-15-2015, 10:40 AM
It happened down at Fancher-Davidge Park
while everyone was distracted by fireworks
on the Fourth of July.
We gathered in a circle
and played one potato two
until Bill was chosen
then soaked him with lighter fluid
and placed him in a pit
and set him ablaze.
We watched silently as his skin bubbled
and his flesh popped like fresh pine
and the sweet char rose as black smoke
and settled in our hair and on our clothes.
Over the tree-line Roman candles
bloomed to the polite distraction
of an alien world. No one cheered.
As the fire died we split apart
and went to our separate homes
to shake the remnants of Bill
like dust from our clothes.
while everyone was distracted by fireworks
on the Fourth of July.
We gathered in a circle
and played one potato two
until Bill was chosen
then soaked him with lighter fluid
and placed him in a pit
and set him ablaze.
We watched silently as his skin bubbled
and his flesh popped like fresh pine
and the sweet char rose as black smoke
and settled in our hair and on our clothes.
Over the tree-line Roman candles
bloomed to the polite distraction
of an alien world. No one cheered.
As the fire died we split apart
and went to our separate homes
to shake the remnants of Bill
like dust from our clothes.