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I am Fire Starter

I am a fire starter She is teeny one minute A fierce orange enraged tornado a second later She leans to the east, a reminder it might be too windy to burn today Her black ashes rise from the pyre My husband asks, “Is my witch burning?” I sure am. Twenty-two Amazon boxes gone in a flash. The beauty of country living I watch the ashes rise to the tree tops and dissipate

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