Free Verse Poem

Hot As Hell

I was in the bush,

All alone, nowhere to go,

As hot as hell as black as ash,

I have nothing, nothing it’s all gone,

I have seen death in the flames,

Burning up with smoke,

Those stupid people, what were they thinking,

All it was, it was destruction, it all was destroyed,

All those people that couldn’t breathe, all covered in soot,

Thank the lord for those fire-fighters,

With those big red trucks, with the flashing lights.

By Brandan McGlynn