Tag: fire
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Ignes Fatui of the neurotic mind
Ashten R. DuncanTulsa, Oklahoma, United States Rocking in my vessel sturdyUpon the waters of a swamp so dirty,I am in the crow’s nestEn route to my impending test. Ever since I was young,I have been given to the far-flung:Quiet panic of a possible foe,Wishes to never disturb another’s flow. In the confines of the nest,I…
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Fighting the long defeat
John EberlyColumbia, South Carolina, United States “Together through ages of the world we have fought the long defeat.”1 — J. R. R. Tolkien In May 1965, a fire started on the ground floor of the Sound Lumber Company in Arcata, California. Sparks spread quickly through the sawmill, engulfing the “cold deck,” a four million board-foot pile…