Burning of the Three Fires

         				   (June 30, France)

i

I set the cookbook on fire 
by holding it close to the 
reading lamp
	

ii

I began the reading lamp fire 
by holding it close
to romance


iii

I lit the romance by 
holding it
close to the cookbook

Copyright © 2011 by Jeanne Marie Beaumont. Reprinted from Burning of the Three Fires with the permission of BOA Editions.