MARY, the maid:
The polypoids were burning in the wood
A stone caught fire
The castle caught fire
The forest caught fire
The men caught fire
The women caught fire
The birds caught fire
The fish caught fire
The water caught fire
The sky caught fire
The ashes caught fire
The smoke caught fire
The fire caught fire
Everything caught fire
Caught fire, caught fire.
The Bald Soprano (1950), Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994)
Classes are cancelled at Diablo Valley College,
both the Pleasant Hill and San Ramon campuses,
due to ongoing air-quality concerns.
With winds still trending south for now,
take a drive mostly on the clear side of the smoke
to assess local situation:
Alamo,
Foothill,
Pleasants
Valley
Road
north
to
Putah Creek and 128,
from there east and south towards Winters,
then
homeward.
193rd
day
of
summer,
high up 1 to 79 --
locally
and in southern Yolo --
continuing the editing of Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272 (October 10, 2017): The Little Prince, Op. 89 (2000, St. Exupery): VIII. Day (Goat Hall, San Francisco, 2001) upon return...
