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| Genevieve Griesau sat at Chapel of the Chimes, an Oakland funeral home, after the Oakland warehouse fire that killed more than thirty people. Credit: Jim Wilson/The New York Times, December 4, 2016 |
All it takes is that one guy asking,
“What if there is a fire?”
And now that room is on fire.
We will be here for days and days
to come. Give me some gloves.
I’ve got work shoes. I’m ready.
Howie Good is the recipient of the 2015 Press Americana Prize for Poetry for his new collection Dangerous Acts Starring Unstable Elements.