FIRE EXTINGUISHER

A few days ago
In a nearby building
On a high-risen floor
A fire extinguisher croaked
Prey to sophisticated curiosity
Of a suave gentleman

Oh, what a hoax
The poor nonliving coaxed
And cajoled as satanic
Barbaric thing of dismay
As it fell to the surface
Letting out a destiny

Waiting there endlessly
Through days, months, years
Waiting for a fire
In an unsure, diminished life
Like a soldier in peace time
A hopeless rest for fate

And then the final act
Set in the way inscribed
They forgot how the bizarre
Of the lashing nozzle
Would make the only sense
Once fire begins to ascend

-K.G.