Small paper squares
Colorful and patterned
Flicker and turn to ash
Dissolved into the flame’s purity
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Fresh pine boards
Char in the intense heat
Mixing their sweet carbonized smell
With the cool fall breeze
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The sizzle of butter on a fire licked pan
A riot of bubbles and rendered fat
The moment but a tendril of flame
Radiant, vivid, brief
