in Los Angeles, on this day, the fires are still burning: this brief effort is far too short to be an ‘ode’ — “A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode.”

This short poem is only structured in one part ‘the catastrophe’.

LA-to-Zero

The Alphabet streets are on fire

There are no words left to say

No one can cast a spell

No sentence can be passed

The books are already burnt