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Adding Fuel to the Fire
September 26, 2016
Insults.
Lingering flames in the recesses of your mind,
Lacking complexity, structure, and forethought.
Flames dismissed as being harmless and feeble,
when spoken, roll off your tongue.
Licking the air,
spreading like wildfire...
Smoldering in the minds of others…
Lingering flames in the recesses of their mind.
© Hali S., Robinson, IL
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My name is Zachary. I'm Native Alaskan and grew up in the small town of Wrangell, Alaska. I originally started writing this piece in my 8th grade year, it was abandoned shortly after I had begun writing it; however, I discovered that I still had a copy of it laying around two whole years later. I saw that it had potential and got to work fixing it.