her anger ignites in blackened sky, scorched by our apathy and neglect   in crimson southern horizons haze nature dances on a razor's edge   while fleeing cockatoos squawks devour koalas ghosts haunt the ashen shrub   Author Notes In years past we've come accustomed to bushfires, seeing them as part of Australian life. Ignorant or worse, apathetic to our part in them; both from arsonists who light some and those of us, blind to the reality that our actions have consequences.

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