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Meredith Paige

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Kerosene Heart

Submitted to Contest #64

There is something beautiful about the fire. Frightening—it’s frightening, I must remind the voice in my head. The fire is beautiful, burning red and orange and so warm, but it is also frightening. It’s frightening because it is dangerous. Because it is dangerous for him.        My Rochester is strong and tall and brave, but the fire will burn him alive. It will burn him until his bones are ash and his blood is smoke, and I can’t have that. I look at the fire, and it frightens me, but he can’t be burned. I ...

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