03 May 2023

The Fireman Essay, Part 2: The Beginning

I used to work as a pharmacist; but I left that career in order to fight fire, because fire is the hot new thing. Note how it crackles and sputters. Did I introduce you to my dog yet? This is Firedog; he eats turkey flavored Skittles. You’ll notice that I’m wearing a red suit and toting a hose. Also I’m riding atop the firetruck, up here where the ladder is stored. I keep a lookout for anything that glistens; for, when you see something glistening, that’s a sign that it might be on fire. For instance, once I saw a house that was glistening lustrously — it lit up the nighttime sky like a match in the darkness — so I said to my boss who was driving the truck: “Hey, I think there’s a fire up ahead, at that glistening house!” And my boss replied: “I will make that our destination.”

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