Spontaneous Combustion
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I mastered it. It mastered me, became
The fire, and it became the whole of me.
A moment just before was calm, but flame
Exploded. You were serendipity
That turned to heavenly hellfire—or I turned.
Innocence became the conflagration.
Since I was indestructible, I burned.
Clear icebergs bear perdition’s ablation.
Elisha saw it as Elijah rose.
No robe fell down to me to quench the fire.
The hottest poetry destroyed prose.
Plutonium was made for my desire.
..The phoenix builds its pyre, but I was pure
….Of preparation. I felt instant cure.