Angel of the Wind
O angel of the wind angel of the inferno
O angel of the vortex
O angel like a dahlia drooping in the heat
O crescent moon the color of copper of cantaloupe
O angel of the smoke that arrives
from Chelan and Wenatchee
from Cashmere and the OkanoganO the 577 fires of British Columbia
including the one at Tugwell Creek
threatening five million bees
including the 86,000-hectare Shovel Fire
including the words human-causedO angel of Seattle dirtiest air on the planet
dirtier than Dubai than Agra than Abu Dhabi
O dirty air the scales differ on how dirty
O dirty like a brick factory like a tannery
O dirty angel with your 217 AQI wings
O helicopters and tankersO ferocious king of the 85 flame-licking legions
O Furcas like a cruel man with a long beard
O Raum like the crow of close your windows
O Procel who speaks of hidden and secret things
such as just how bad is the air today — was it 7 cigarettes
or 17?O don’t breathe
O make sure your air conditioner has a filter
O adversarial AC angel
O evil angel guiding children
at the crosswalk in their N95 masksO nimbus nostalgia
O cobalt and azure
O gust please not from Hamma Hamma
O angel I can’t see downtown
O angel I cannot calculateO Vassago of the aching throat
O Wormwood blood in the snot
O Solas sneeze and cough
O Dantainian dizzy and out of sortsO sooty Ronobe searching for children to kill
O Shax O Gaap O Gadreel
O small particulates of which no level is safe
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