i’ve sat in this old rocking chair

for seven hours while the smoke came down

and ashes snowed, and the electricity stopped.

they told me they were evacuating the town.

but with moist + wavering eyes i said

i must remain to face

baptism by fire

+ become + be consumed by the flames.

august 14, 2003. banff AB

i’ve sat in this old rocking chair

for seven hours while the smoke came down

and ashes snowed, and the electricity stopped.

they told me they were evacuating the town.

but with moist + wavering eyes i said

i must remain to face

baptism by fire

+ become + be consumed by the flames.

august 14, 2003. banff AB