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Fire Extinguisher

by Matthew J. Spireng

 

It's a non-smoking room, as

they all are, so the most likely

source of fire is the electric stove

 

against the wall in the corner

beyond which the fire extinguisher hangs

where someone mid-height or taller

 

can just reach it—or might—stretching

on tiptoes, chest, arms and face licked

by the flames from the top of the stove.