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H. J. Ward (1909-1945) “Through Fire” Spicy Mystery Stories cover (February 1940) Source

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The solitude of New York. January 7. David Rubin, a thirty-three-year-old mechanic, was arrested today. Fireman discovered him in his smoke-filled room. Rubin explained that he had tried to set the furniture on fire. He was alone and very sad. He thought fire would draw people to his room. ‘Either that or death,’ he said.

-Vladimir Pozner, Notebook, January 7, 1936, The Disunited States

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What about you Geryon what’s your favorite weapon? Cage, said Geryon from behind his knees. Cage? said his brother. You idiot a cage isn’t a weapon. It has to do something to be a weapon. Has to destroy the enemy. Just then there was a loud noise downstairs. Inside Geryon something burst into flame.

-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red

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My mouth is a fire escape The words coming out don’t care that they are naked There is something burning in here

-Andrea Gibson, I Sing the Body Electric (Especially When the Power’s Out)

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Maybe they would see the emergency when they saw George. What do you call an emergency that looks just fine? [...] There is an emergency here, George said to the firemen. Can’t you see it?

-Daniel Ortberg, Curious George: Children’s Stories Made Horrifying

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And the more that I knocked, the hotter I got. The hotter I got, the harder I knocked. I just gotta break through the door. Gotta knock a little harder Gotta knock a little harder Gotta knock a little harder

-The Seatbelts, Gotta Knock a Little Harder

#meditations on being trapped in burning cages as attempts to confess trauma #the idea of the unspeakable invisible #attempting to be voiced to be seen #through fire