Fire Index: Poems Maggie Smith A lot of us like

A lot of us like to think we could solve a mystery

and her days connecting vital calls between platoons and bases and generals

a university student heads home after class

even if it means butchering everyone who stands in their way

which would then lead to personal fulfillment and a sense of purpose

Fire Index: Poems Maggie Smith A lot of us likeFire Index measures the interior life of a survivor against the world she creates through her own fractured marriage, motherhood, and religion. Told in fragments, using hybrid and persona, Breitland confronts the trauma of her brother's death, her father's abuse, and the complicated relationships to her sister, mother, and womanhood. She reckons with her complicit, and often dishonest life, and how walking out from the burning construct demands her