Incendiary

"holy smokes," she says, "burned again."
holding the note to a lit cigarette to watch it all go up in flames.
and she says, "he's no fireman; it's just a smokescreen."
says, "it's better to burn out than burn down. _ like gasoline."
she has a sign on her chest and it says:
<i>within this cage is a heart and it beats only for you and it's there when you need to break in case of emergency and in the event of disaster. putting out fires is what i do best. it's incendiary glow; the hotter it is, the colder i get.</i>
"oh no," he says, "not again."
knows by the way that she talks
that she's been lighting up the whole town by arson.
and he says, "she's no fireplace, couldn't stay contained."
she says, "it's better to have a house to burn down than a single piece of kindling."
he has a sign on his chest and it says:
<i>within this cage is a heart and it beats only for you and it's there when you need to break in case of emergency and in the event of disaster. putting out fires is what i do best. it's incendiary glow; the hotter it is, the colder i get.</i>