By Larry Jones
We sit eating lunch
at the workplace
watching
the man outside
as he fills the
massive
propane
tank.
A spark—flames
then……RUN
screams
the
boss.
Not
everyone
runs.
The man fights
the fire with
handfuls
of
snow.
Someone hands him
a fire extinguisher
through the window
and the
danger
is
over.
The boss returns
with the others
he threatens to terminate
the ones who stayed
says they
could’ve
been
killed.
There will always be
heroes
always be those who
run and
fools like me
who will stick around
just to see
what’ll
happen
next.
