Johann Geyer, German
And Just Like That, Sheila Suddenly Remembered Exactly Where She Left Her Curling Iron, 1842
Oil on canvas
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/// Brenna leans out her window and learns,
only two streets away A House Burns.
With a cough she awoke
to the sharp smell of smoke.
Oddly, now for a bratwurst she yearns.
/// If the wind shifts, she could be in trouble.
She should dress and get out on the double.
She is frozen with fright
that a spark could ignite,
turning home into smoldering rubble.
/// That’s when Brenna, confused and afraid,
first caught sight of the fire brigade.
They filled buckets to drench
that house, hoping to quench
the flames with all the water they sprayed.
/// As the volunteer firemen hustle
to extinguish the blaze, she sees muscle
bulge beneath a wet shirt.
Brenna prays he’s not hurt
and imagines he’s asked her to tussle.
/// Now for loving, (not bratwurst) she yearns.
Except— what if, her offer, he spurns?
Fired up, she says, “F*%k it,
I am getting my bucket!”
Like her neighbor’s house, Brenna now burns.
/// Those O’Leary’s earned negative fame
when their barn set Chicago aflame.
People say their cow broke
a lamp— thus flames and smoke,
(but “Apocryphal” was the cows name).