Fire Is The Answer

I love questions,
And I love answers.
The answer is usually carbon,
Or oxygen, or hydrogen,
Or something like that.
But sometimes, the solution is fire—
The classic melt away
In a purifying burn.
Then you can classify the nature of the problem
By the color of the flame,
And whether it liquefied,
Or simply vanished
In a transient puff of steam.

 

-jenn long