In a few short weeks
My world has been turned
Upside down
And reconstructed, again

One day I awoke
And realized I'd been civilized
Yet somewhere inside me
Still burned the fire of life
Waiting to be set free again

Tuesday nights—Poetry Night—
A source of hope, comfort, companionship . . .
One Saturday night
Then a weekend in the woods

Whitney Brook—Wonder Woman
(er, was it Amazon Woman)—
Who just as well was Agni and Vesta,
God of the fire and lord of the smoke