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Unread 12-06-2017, 11:30 AM
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Default Holy Winds??

Euphoria bred of luck? Back to my home after evacuation yesterday, I was thrilled that there were only a few holes in window screens from flying embers. And from where I’m sitting now I can see fire as fringe atop the nearest hill. Evacuated twice in 2008, there may be a repeat today! It’s déjà vu all over again!


Expirations

The Sylmar, CA fires, 2008/2017

A Santa Ana pulsing through the pass
assaults the trees and slams them to their sides,
then scatters leaves and limbs and shredded bushes,
tearing turf and churning flowerbeds
while driving firestorms across the slopes,
raising roofs and crazing crimson tiles
as copters hover at the reservoirs
inhaling water that they spill in sheets
between the mountain’s foot and residents,
but swifter than a snake’s uncoiling strikes
the storms spit hissing embers into homes,
reducing them to blazing bones and cinders—
stunned, we realize the Spiritus
has suddenly become the dragon’s breath.
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