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Backfired

Bekah Steimel

I was baptized in gasoline
and taught to play with matches
I was told everybody burns
Even so
Burn in silence
No show and tell
it is impolite to speak of the flames
it is improper to reveal the scars
But the arsonists miscalculated
when they lit me
because instead of burning me
into defenseless ash
they actually ignited my voice

 

First appeared in The Bitchin’ Kitsch, 2016

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