Straddling the Flame

Over the fire
  and across the coals

We made it to safety
  our innocence tolled

The memory enough
   to scare and profane

What fate never mentioned
   —as we straddled the flame

    (Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015
Listening To Clapton’s ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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