Burning Diapers
in this season of tinder everything flames quickly
at the lick of a spark all start the fiery dance:
the hirsute curls then, crisps the fatty sizzles the plastic melts & flows as fabric crumbles into soot akin to the floured moths’ suit.
in this season of tinder shall we then put to the test this pile of a pyre answering steeple forever seated on a barrel of *ẹ̀tù?
placed side by side
burning lumpy diapers feels more wrong, like setting money on fire & adding your quota to the global warmth and then, some.
*ẹ̀tù: [noun; Yorùbá] gunpowder.
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Submitted by modeconc on April 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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