Free Verse

Then Burn ...

October 31, 2025

If you’re not willing to fight the fire

— you’re entitled to the flames

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)

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▾ This Poem's Voice

Abstract philosophical statement about consequence and accountability

Single compressed idea; minimal expansion or development

Dark warning tone; consequence-focused with grim undertones

Confrontational diction; forceful conditional structure drives intensity

Micro poem; single sentence statement, well under 7 lines

Extended fire metaphor; fight/flames imagery highly ornamented

Second-person address creates dramatic tension; accusatory stance

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