“And I knew that this was possible only through a cleansing fire.”

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And when the last one of them trundled off that night,

I smelled the air and I could feel that it was time.

Time for a new beginning.

And I knew that this was possible only through a cleansing fire.

It would all have to burn.

The packing peanuts, the delivery slips...

All of it would dance in the warm mouth of my fire.

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