housefires

Oh the things you can salvage 

from the ashes —

if you are not afraid of being burned.

No, you cannot poke around

with a stick.

You cannot sift through

with a sieve.

You cannot dust off

with a broom. There’s no time to take stock there’s no time to make plans!

But with two hands,

bare and unyielding,

you must lunge into

the belly of the smoldering mass.