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fire has its own logic (Free verse) by impert&ent
fire has its own logic
beer
and twilight
June 11th and it's still too chilly to sit outdoors at night.
So I torched that pile of laurel branches at the end of the garden,
pulled up one of the plastic chairs I'd salvaged from the kerb
and sat before the fire to pass some time.
I've never set in the twilight before
it's not like this blue light screen and music on the stereo
Fire has a logic of its own
none of the interiority of computers, websites and recorded music
It's not human
beer
and twilight
Quarter past ten in the evening and it's still light out
I could sit under the sky and pass the time
as so many have done
prior to the advent of computers and stereo
twilight has its own logic
apart from any elections, the 9-to-5, and this blue light screen
beer
has a logic of its own
my brain
the circuits
respond to beer
as so many have done
before the fire
in the twilight
Some time alone
with a logic
that is not
human
self-referential
enclosing
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