Fire!

Scenario: Cue!

Men, fronting up

To the bar

Elbows bent

Tongues wagging

Thirst not spent.

A wife waits

With little ones

Outside

In the heat

On street wide.

Rig roars

To a standstill

Truckie with thirst

Slams door

Weather cursed.

Action: Smoke!

All in the bar.

Wife listens.

'Sizzle!'

'Spit' and 'crackle!'

'Fizzle!'

'Fire!'

She cries.

Men erupt

Faster than flies

Bar empty,

Rig afire.

Men dash

To and fro

One only

Walks slow.

Rig driver,

With extinguisher!