Exceptional

A tossed match at the right time in the wrong place

Errant Matches

by JLR

Cringing! Shoulders tight, neck tighter, I can't but help think about that volunteer smokejumper. A lifetime on the job, and it took just one gob of a slob, tossing a match that unlatched such fury, whence this father of five, we will now bury. Just a match, someone will say but looking back and at all those who are dazed, Surely the massive losses outweigh forgiveness for the errant tosses! Homes destroyed, vast acres laid to waste, memories are all that are rising from the ashes, not one photo contained in a frame! Matches tossed errantly -- Lock 'em up, I say! Toss away the keys don't unlock the latches...

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#2625 2020