Nice and Hot

Sharing Stories

August 2, 2021 at 6:30 a.m.

...by Joseph Edward Sykes

“Nice and Hot”
Get some cardboard,
for your pit.
Cut it up so
it will fit.

Get some fluid.
Pour it on.
Light the match—
Whoosh! It’s gone.

You want your fire
to go slow.
Too much fluid,
Don’t you know?

Get some wax,
called paraffin.
Go ahead and
put that in.

Gets your fire
nice and hot.
So your toes don’t
freeze—a lot!

Joseph Edward Sykes works and writes in Aberdeen, Washington. Find more of his work: www.Facebook.com/JESykesPoetry. Please reference his name when ordering books on Amazon.

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