There is fire!

 

Autumn Rose

I am called

By the family

Who were looking

Forward to a new generation

A fire ablaze 

My mother became

Burning with aggression

Towards her replacement

That she was not the baby

That was going to save the day

The child everyone fought for

During the Second World war

Was no longer needed

An incentive

She had outlived 

Her usage

The other men 

Came home from 

The war with brides

And babies of their own

Their was a picture

Of all them

About a dozen boys

And one girl

Whom everyone fought

Over to marry

In order to gain access

To my grandparents fortune

Most of which they spent

On the war itself

In order to make sure

The relatives survived

Done as a sacrifice

Never being repaid

By the orphans

Who were unaware 

Of where the money

For their education came

All they wanted was their lives

Instead, they had nothing but trouble

Never regaining their worth

My mother spent 

Everything of everyone's

As fast as she could

The poor man who married

Her would be broke by midnight

Of their first night together

My parents anniversary

Is coming up

It is the same day

As this next funeral

Susan Day O conner

Was a Supreme court judge

The First woman

But she has stolen 

My day of mourning

My parents got married

On the Winter solstice

Confirming the Winters name

On both sides

As theirs to own

They always celebrated

On New Years eve

Leaving the kids at home

While they partied

As if they were young

Again reliving the war

And all the promises

They made for afterwards

My father was not a dummy

But was blinded by his loyalty

Fire down below!

What cant come up

Must move even if it is sidewise

Watch those volcanos

Go off and up

Meanwhile, in Iceland

One of the more

Well known modern

Ones which went off

Killing the entire team

Of Volcanist 

Who had come to study it.

Now they have had earthquakes

And all the signs

Of it getting ready to blow

But no smoke

Instead lave flow

Under the ground

It is heading sidewise

Towards Norway?

Or the Faroe islands?

Maybe as in Japan

It will create

A new island

Off to the side

Or go all the way

To the nearest land.

Something things 

One cant plan ahead.

While Hitler has been

Blamed for all the trouble

With Europe 

He had an a comrade

Musslini

Benito was well known

For his cruelty

And having mistresses

They finally hung him

His fellow man

Italian Catholics

Instead of German Jews

One never does know

When enough is enough

Comes to mind a little boy

Named John

Who just wanted to please

His mother but could not

Instead he became a  dictator

Himself along with his wife

Christmas

Everyday is Christmas for Candace

Instead of  G Alioto

Perhaps he is one of the many

Little Benito's 

Hey Candy 

Do you know how to cook

Mussels?

What is brewing

Overseas?

Another blowup

Third world war?

A fire has begun

To be seen

It is just whether or not

The flame will grow 

Into a huge fire

Or if it will go sidewise

To Asia perhaps

Certainly Israel has had enough

Who else is going to be

Strung up by his own?

Who wants to see Jimmy

Upside down?

Perhaps a little less

Rhetoric 

And more finesse

Watching the fire

From afar

Most Americans

Don't see the harm

But a few of us

Still remember

The root cause

Of the end of the second war

Please don't let us

See the end of humanity

Just because some don't like

Thier neighbors.

Certainly many of us Californians

Would like to end the border crossings

But that would is not to say

The end of all life.

However, there are those fires

That burn for all to see

As a warning 

Maybe tomorrow 

Be a better day.

If only those such as Jimmy

Were not in it...