A Thomas Fire Poem: ‘’Tis the Week Before Christmas’
Seasonal Stanzas on Life in the Evacuation Zone
Megan and her husband, Steve, live on Via Regina, where they moved six months before the Painted Cave Fire, which burned much of their neighborhood. They were also evacuated for the Gap and Jesusita fires, and she wrote this on day two of being in the Thomas Fire’s voluntary evacuation zone.
’Tis the week before Christmas and all through the house
Our devices on standby for word to GET OUT.
The GO BAGS are ready (have been for a week);
Our list we go over for last-minute tweaks.
We’ve been through this before, more times than most,
Because we live closer to mountains than coast.
We packed passports and photos and personal needs,
Art from the walls, legal docs and house deeds.
