douse me in accelerants
use a word as effective
as a zippo shielded from the wind
to ignite me
shall we count, then?
see how fast i burn
almost as if I were made
of dry, bundled grasses
whispering, shushing
what number did you reach
before there was nothing left of me?
i hope you were not distracted
by all that smoke
Words and Feathers 