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Fire, fire, everywhere,
As far as the eye can span;
Fire across the continents,
Fire in the mind of man.The oceans rise, the waters fall,
Yet fire defeats deluge;
Governance is a fireball,
Fire inflames the stooge.Centuries of progression
From animal to reason
Now burn at the tyrant’s stake
As treachery and treason.Bullets lurk in syllables,
Wrapped in the fire of hate;
New commandments are etched in fire
Of the infernal state.Fire fears the temperate
As lies fear the truth;
Fire is out to incinerate
Love, innocence, truthMoney fuels fire across
A volcanic firmament;
Merchants of fire will occupy
God’s own seat of good intent.
— Badri Raina, July 12, 2021