As five neighbors stood outside between my house and the tree
Watching somebody's home across the street burn
All if us in awe, sorrow, and fear
If it happened to their house, it could happen to ours
That vinyl siding house went up in flames like nobody's business
I looked at my cedar house, knowing if it burned, it would be a bonfire for the ages
I put that out of my mind and watched the firemen hook up the water main two steos from my yard
I'm the last of my neighbors to go inside partly in awe of the sight, but mostly in shame
That it was them and not me
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